Daily Update #01 – Australia & New Zealand 2018

Greetings from KLM Crown Lounge in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport!  We are just a few hours away from our longest portion of the journey — over 12 hours to Kuala Lumpur, stopping for crew change and fuel before another 2 hours to Jakarta.  This post isn’t going to be a comprehensive post about the journey — my body thinks it’s just after lunch and I had 2-3 hours of sleep so far.  My Fitbit disagrees and doesn’t believe I’ve slept at all.  At this point of the day, with an hour before boarding, I think the Fitbit is correct.

To help tie you, the reader, over until we actually arrive in Sydney, here a few pictures we’ve already taken along the way in less than 24 hours of traveling.

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2018 Trip Planning Update 3

Less than three weeks to go! I do not think I can find enough words to express our excitement for this trip. Now I wanted to give you insight on something that I enjoy doing – planning flights, and more specifically which route will we take to Australia?  Step inside the world of “How many ways can you fly to Australia?”

From Great Circle Mapper

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Journey Home

As we woke up we realized our vacation was coming to its conclusion and it was time to head home.  Amber had already packed the night before allowing us to effortlessly check out and make the short drive over to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.  The Sixt rental car location was sandwiched between the terminal 2 buildings.  This made for a short walk to Terminal 2A.