1.05.2009

there's no place like home...

So we've made it back to Auckland, sold our precious Cleo (the mighty Chariot), and have gotten all our gifts and tshirts... now we're just waiting for our precious time to tick away as we await our flight to Australia. We fly out on Saturday for Oz and then go scuba diving in the great barrier reef! From there we travel down to Sydney to meet up with our dear Meg and Benn and Josh even gets a side trip over to the West Coast (Perth) to visit an old DTS friend. So we have much to do with these next 3 weeks or so, but are actually excited to get back to the good ol' northern hemisphere. We miss our families. We miss our friends. We miss driving on the right side of the road. We miss Trader Joe's. We even miss the ins and outs of "normal" days...

In this last week here in New Zealand, we've had the chance to look back on our trip and really just sit in awe of everything we've done. We've had a once in a lifetime adventure and we've loved every minute of it... well, ALMOST every minute... and we're truly thankful that our friends and families let us go off and enjoy ourselves for 6 months or so. We've missed you all and are very excited to share memories (and hugs) with all of you... so T minus 23 days until we're home, but more short term -- T minus 5 days until the great land of OZ...

2 comments:

benson said...

now, don't be getting all misty eyed about all of us over here in the States:) BE in each moment, each day that you have left to your adventure. We miss you but we want you to hold tight and tuck away in your hearts these last few glorious weeks of adventure!xoxoxox

Joeyolsen@gmail.com said...

Hugs are awaiting