It has been in the works for some time. After inviting her aunt and uncle from New Zealand last August for her mom’s surprise birthday party, Shareena was offered a reciprocity of hospitality if we wanted to go to New Zealand. It just so happens that the middle of August contains both Shareena’s and her aunt’s and uncle’s daughter’s birthdays, so there will definitely be a bit of celebration for that (in fact, it will be the day after we arrive in New Zealand, can you say “jet lag”?).

I suppose that depending on the method of travel, you have different sort of “official” date of accepting a vacation – a sort of point of very difficult return. In this case, it was pretty much the plane ticket as we were already offered food and shelter as well as a somewhat set itinerary. Shareena is further excited about touring some of the locations where Lord of the Ringswas shot, despite the fact that it will be winter in New Zealand in August. I guess this just means a better excuse to pack more.

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