Day 1 of 2017's Europe Trip

So the trip is about to begin.  I am the first to leave on this amazing "Bucket List" checking off trip.

Today I fly from New Zealand to Sydney 4 hrs, wait 3.5 hrs and then fly Sydney to Dubai 14.5hrs, wait 3.5hrs, then fly Dubai to Paris 7.5hrs thats a total of 33 hours to look forward to :)

There are a few things even in the first leg I have not done, so it will be so much fun:

1. First of all, and sorry to say, this is my first ever trip overseas that does not involve Air New Zealand taking me somewhere, I feel a little sad about that, they have always been my home away from home, after growing up on Teal and Air New Zealand Aircrafts.  
2. From Sydney and on through to Paris, I am going on my first A380 aircraft this is the most exciting part of my next 30+ hours of life.  I will have plenty of time to look around, and I hope to get some good sleep on this part of the leg.
3. I have never been to Dubai before.  This has been on my bucket list since before I meet Mike, and has been a little bit of a sticking point, as he got to spend a week in Dubai on business when we lived in the UK.  So I am pretty happy to be at least have a look as we fly in and out.  One day we will do a stopover.
4. Flying in Paris, also a first for me, I have always driven or trained to France, so I will get a new look at the landscape on the way in.

The next 40 hours are going to be filled with so much, I am now getting really excited to finally be getting on my way to see some of the northern hemisphere.  Keep posted for new updates. at least for the next two weeks we have internet readily available so will be posting most days.

Talk to you all soon

H