Our five-week world trip is at an end. It’s been fun. It’s been long. And I’m looking forward to sleeping in my own bed and eating a regular diet again. The comforts of home always look so much nicer when I’m away. BUT…after being so long away and seeing so many things, I’m sure I’ll be itching to get on a plane again in a few weeks.

But before then, here’s a quick list of my favourite things from the five weeks:

• Spending eight days with close friends in Israel, particularly getting muddy and burning in the Dead Sea. After spending so much time together, it was tough to say goodbye to them and a bus load of gays.
• Hot air ballooning over Cappadocia. This totally lived up to and exceeded my expectations. So glad we did this.
• Seeing my sister and Paul in Malta, boating into the Blue Grotto and checking out Mdina. Love me an island holiday.
• That day of sunshine on Faroe Islands and a not-to-be-forgotten dining experience at Koks. 
• And another not-to-be-forgotten dining experience at Geranium, but for entirely wonderful reasons.
• Iceland in the summer, boating on a glacier lagoon, seeing puffins closer than ever before and sitting in a natural hot spring. Loved Iceland for a totally different reason the second time around.
• Reminiscing in Toronto, seeing old friends and getting a taste of our old life. If only we could live two lives at once.
• A helicopter ride over actual flowing lava and then swimming with manta rays at night. We didn’t see much of Hawaii but the small bits we did do didn’t disappoint.

There were plenty of other things we did, and mini experiences throughout but these are the ones that stand out. We’ve been very lucky, I’ve been very lucky, and I’m grateful for every day of it. Now it’s back to our regular scheduled programming.

Lunch time!

Saksun

Geranium