Our trip to Europe was one of necessity as much as pleasure. We needed to get over to Jersey where my elderly father had recently been admitted to a care home to sort out a few things. Nevertheless, we took the opportunity to stop in Sydney on the way over & it was a very pleasurable 10days catching up with friends & family. Not sure about Sydney winter though – we have become a bit acclimatised to tropical weather!
From there to Jersey where we stayed for a couple of weeks, which seemed to fly by. Fortunately, due to my very diligent & incredibly organised husband, we were able to sort out a long list of things that needed attention. This included ensuring that arrangements were in place to look after Dad’s house until we can get back for a longer period to sort it out & put it on the market. The plan at the moment is to do that next year once the boat is back in Australia & we can leave it securely for a period of a few months.
After Jersey, a very brief few days in the UK, again catching up with family & friends. We had a really good time enjoying everyone’s company & as an added bonus, the weather was amazingly good! The extraordinary finale to the whole trip was a weekend away with Wil and a very good pal of mine from uni, to a place called Hayling Island. We spent the time embracing the British seaside culture in a holiday park not far from the windswept pebbly beach. So many laughs & great memories!
So we are now back in the Fiji sunshine and despite really bad jet lag, we are working through a ‘to do’ list of what needs to be done before we switch back into cruising mode around the islands of Fiji. We are really looking forward to spending a decent amount of time here as well as hosting friends next month, which will be an immense amount of fun!