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Thursday, May 9th - Sunday, May 12th, 2024 We had 2 clear days in London, so the first day we decided to do a River Thames tour to maximize our sightseeing. It was the best way to see all of the major monuments along the…

Thursday, May 9th, 2024 The last port of call on the cruise was Southhampton, England. We decided to take a tour to Stonehenge and Salisbury. This worked out perfectly because the tour ended in Central London, which was the next stop on our trip. We…

Tuesday, May 7th - Wednesday May 8th, 2024 Our next stop was Portland, United Kingdom. The port on this peninsula has major historical significance, including being a major embarkation point for Allied forces on D-Day in 1944. It has one of the largest man-made harbours…

Monday, May 6th, 2024 We came into the cute town of Cobh, Ireland. It's a harbor town with access to Cork. We decided to explore the port town rather than taking a day trip into the city of Cork. Along the harbor, there were a…

Sunday May 5th, 2024 After Iceland, we had one day at sea and then we arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was very green but cloudy, just as we would have expected Northern Ireland to be. We rented a car in Belfast and took a…

Thursday, April 25th - May 3rd, 2024 Our last leg of this world adventure is going to be in Europe! We are hoping to visit as many countries as we reasonably can, but to get there we decided to take a repositioning cruise on Norwegian…

February 20th-22nd, 2024 One of the highlights of our trip so far is a snorkeling boat adventure from Tutukaka near Paihia to the Poor Knights Islands. The boat company was called "Perfect Day" and it WAS a perfect day! We had a beautiful boat ride…

February 16th - 20th, 2024 Sometimes we have to take some time out and catch up on some homeschooling. We chose to spend a little extra time in Waipu, a beach town a couple hours north of Auckland. James and Sheena have a bach (pronounced…

February 12th-16th, 2024 Kia Ora! We flew to Auckland, New Zealand and landed a day later on February 13th at 9:20pm. It was easy to acclimate to the current time because we were exhausted! In actuality the time difference is 23 hours ahead of Maui,…

August 16th - 21st, 2023 We planned our trip to Osaka so that Dexter could compete in the World Yoyo Contest. If you are not seeded, you have an opportunity to try to show your stuff in 30 seconds called the "Wildcard," where they pick…