Monthly Archives: August 2011

The tickets are confirmed

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Well, we just received confirmation from British Airways that our Round-the-World-tickets have been booked. As we already have passed the international date line west to east (twice actually), we figured it would be fun to travel the other way around. Also, since we don’t like to fly long distances in a short amount of time, we’ve added some small stopovers to our journey. And now, without any further ado, our travel itinerary:

8-10: Flight BA 431 from Amsterdam (11:40) to London (12:00)
8-10: Flight BA 215 from London (17:10) to Boston (19:15)
9-10: Spend time and see sights in Boston
10-10: Spend time and see sights in Boston
11-10: Spend time and see sights in Boston
12-10: Flight AA 931 from Boston (11:00) to Miami (14:25)
13-10: Yvo’s birthday! Also, spend time and see sights in Miami
14-10: Drive from Miami to Naples
15-10: Drive from Naples to Orlando
16-10: Universal Studios Florida
17-10: Universal’s Islands of Adventure
18-10: Walt Disney World Resort
19-10: Walt Disney World Resort
20-10: Walt Disney World Resort
21-10: Walt Disney World Resort
22-10: Walt Disney World Resort
23-10: Walt Disney World Resort
24-10: Drive from Orlando to Miami
24-10: Flight AA 231 from Miami (18:15) to Los Angeles (20:50)
24-10: Drive from LAX to Anaheim
25-10: Disneyland Resort
26-10: Disneyland Resort
27-10: Drive from Anaheim to LAX
27-10: Flight AA 859 from Los Angeles (14:45) to San Francisco (15:55)
28-10: Flight AS 303 from San Francisco (10:00) to Seattle (12:10)
29-10: Visit the Boeing factory (in Everett) – option 1
30-10: Visit the Boeing factory (in Everett) – option 2
31-10: Flight AS 312 from Seattle (11:55) to San Francisco (14:10)
1-11: Spend time and see sights in San Francisco
2-11: Spend time and see sights in San Francisco
3-11: Flight QF 3152 from San Francisco (18:50) to Los Angeles (20:10)
3-11: Flight QF 94 from Los Angeles (23:30) to Melbourne (5-11 09:05)
4-11: This day won’t happen for us, please enjoy your Bernd-and-Yvo-free day today
5-11: Arrival in Melbourne (09:05)
6-11: Spend time and see sights in Melbourne
7-11: Spend time and see sights in Melbourne
8-11: Flight QF 683 from Melbourne (12:10) to Adelaide (13:00)
8-11: The start of a new era :)

October 8th

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We’ve finally settled on our departure date. October 8th we’ll fly out to London, only to switch planes to Boston, where we’ll spend two days seeing sights. After that, it’s Miami, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Adelaide. As always, we have our next holiday planned already, so starting June 19th, we will be heading towards The Netherlands once more, this time via Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Rome, Barcelona and London, where we’ll arrive July 12th. Except for the single tickets from Amsterdam to London, none of this is booked yet, so the planning may still change a little bit over the next few days, but this is basically what we have in mind.

Now that we know when we’re leaving, it is time to prepare for our arrival in Australia. Hopefully we’ll be able to continue working on our super-secret project when we’re there, so finding jobs is currently not a priority. Finding housing however, is. Next up will be finding some sort of temporary accommodation, just for a month or two, so we can take our time finding a long-term rental property. After that it will be time to look into opening a bank account and investigating insurance options. There are also loads of services we need to cancel prior to leaving this lush green country of ours, so there is plenty to do until we leave.