#46 - Heading Back to Florida

I knew the day would come when I’d have to say our 4.5 month trip was over, and we are on our way home.

Sigh.....

I am writing this as we sit in the San Francisco airport waiting for our flight to Sarasota.  I don’t have anything interesting to blog about regarding the airport waiting area.  No surprise there.  And no great pictures to send.  Unless you want to see a lot of stressed out people pushing their way onto an American Airlines plane.  And a lot of rude airline employees who appear to be just tolerating their employment until they can retire.  So NOT like New Zealand!!  I can’t explain it in just a few words.  I can only say that life is very different and so much more happy and enjoyable down under. 

Oh, I just have to mention this.  As we were walking through the airport in Auckland NZ, I noticed that my shoelace was untied.  As I bent down to tie it, a teenager walking nearby us came over to me and said, “Wait, let me tie that for you.”  Before I could even utter an expression of surprise or appreciation, he had tied my shoelace and wished me a nice  day.   I may be cynical, but I think it would be a cold day in Hell before that would happen in the U.S.  

As you can imagine from all my blogging, this trip totally exceeded our expectations.  Now we are returning home just in time to prepare taxes.  Yippee!

Jeff and I are dreaming about our next adventure.  Don’t know when or where we are going.  But we ARE going.  Maybe Scotland/Ireland.  Or maybe Tuscany or the Greek Isles.  The only thing we know for sure is that the travel bug has bitten badly and we will go back to New Zealand at some point. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my blogs as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them.  Thanks to those of you who have taken the time to let me know that you’ve liked reading them.

Stay tuned for our next adventures.  

I’ll just leave you with this picture of a seagull we saw in NZ.  In some ways it symbolizes our current life style.  Free to take flight, ready to see where the winds take us, and enjoying the view along the way.  

Diane and Jeff