The photo has nothing to do with anything. It’s that Bugsy is so darn cute.

As is tradition, I boot up my iPad and send out a test blog post to make sure everything works a good 10 days before we leave.

Our Super Duper Grand Adventure 2022 begins in just over a week. It’s been on our bucket list for a very long time, and then postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic. BUT, things are getting real. This is the itinerary:

We’re arriving in Auckland 2 days before the cruise starts to give us some time to roam around and possibly figure out what day it is. We’ve booked a whale watching cruise for the 2nd day. At the other end, we have a 2 day extension in Sydney. We’ve booked a full day private day trip from Sydney to include some of the nearby wildlife and scenery.

Hanukkah starts the night our flight leaves. By the time we arrive in Auckland, we will have lost a day of Hanukkah. Since airlines, hotels, and cruise ships frown on open flames, we’ll be using our little LED tea candles like we did during our 2015 cruise to South America (see below)

It’ll be interesting to see if Viking provides Hanukkah events like Celebrity did in 2015.

Both Christmas and New Year’s will be at sea days – with temps hovering in the low 70s. Yes, please!

I will be posting my blog to Facebook as the ship’s wifi allows. At-sea satellite wifi is flaky, to put it mildly

Time to start packing!