This is the final post for the Antipodal
This has been the most extraordinary experience, I knew that it would be, but it has been made that much better by friends and family who have participated.
Our thanks go to people who wished us well along the way, and for the good will and happy birthday wishes. Thanks to the blog readers, believing that someone was reading along has pushed me to keep adding to the blog. I hope you were at least a little entertained. Sorry for the long breaks.
A big thanks also must go to the Sarres; Russell, Silke, Ellen, Sebastian and Tristan. They welcomed us into their home and provided a really pleasant and much needed breather, and Russ, thanks especially for the travel tips.
Bernice, Pop, Richard and Noreen, Hilary, Naomi, Lorrie, Kerry and Garry, Tim, Rick, Lynne-Marie, Wendy, Chris D, Nathan and Alden, thank you especially for the good wishes along the way.
To our Kids, Pete and Erica, Adie and Isolde, being with you for my birthday night was such a treat.
To Pete and Erica, Sheryl and I are so glad for the times we shared together, on the ship, in Munich and in Amsterdam, they were most excellent times, and I will remember that I don't remember aspects of some of them all that well !! We had such a time, you both bring good vibes with you. Thank you both.
Thanks also to Richard and Julie. They would say, any excuse for another trip to Asia, but we would not have enjoyed Penang, Langkawi and Phuket nearly as much without you guys. Thanks Richard for helping me get value out of the Casino Ship, that was an enormous lot of fun.
A very special mention must go to Pete and Liz. You travelled so many hours to be with us for such a short time in Phuket. I am so humbled by the effort you made. Our dinner out with the lovely view over the bay and the impeccable food, service and company was just sublime.
I want to also include in my sincerest thanks, those people who, by giving up a lot of their time at home helping to make sure Sheryl's Dad was cared for, have made all this possible for Sheryl and me.
Christine, Graham, Bernice, Terri and Ashley, thank you so much for helping with him it has been such load off, and meant that we have been able to enjoy our time away so much more, supremely confident that Pop would be fine while we were gone.
We also know that other family members (forgive me if I miss you out) have made sure that they could help by looking in on him and making sure his needs were met, Karl and Jay, Richard and Noreen, Lynne-Marie, Rick, Pam, Venesa and our kids; thanks so much.
To Keith, Chloe and Dean: you guys were amazing. We feel proud and privileged as parents to have you three as our children. You really are such fine people. Thanks so much for making the time and effort so we could be together and lifting my birthday holiday to the wonderful experience that it was. We hope the time inspires you to want to travel and experience more of the world.
Thanks again to Terri and Bernice for keeping an eye on the kids and the house.
My best memory of the holiday?
Well, it took some time to decide but: there are a very many memories of the same thing. They are remembering the clink of glasses in the countless holiday toasts that we had, either just together or, with our friends. From the cluck of the beer steins to the crisp ping of fine crystal lit by candles, those hundred odd toasts are my holiday memory.
Why? Because you cannot toast on your own, and friends are needed to share your life and laughter with, and those memories I will treasure most.
Now, words are now going to fail me. I don't have the skills or words of a poet at my command, and they are needed here.
Sheryl, we have spent the last 11 weeks effectively joined at the hip. We have worked side by side to make things happen and bring people and places of the holiday together, and for the vast majority of times they worked as planned.
There were brief times of friction, and I want to say, that I apologise for those times were I could have listened more. But we expected those short-tempered times from the outset, and they were brief because we worked through them together.
What we have achieved together on this holiday, and in our lives together is just remarkable.
Sheryl, you are the rock I stand on, you complement me in so many ways. Together we are a sum greater than its parts. I have been so rewarded by sharing these experiences with you, they have been so much better with you in them.
You are my best friend, the one I wanted to share these times with, the one I could always raise a toast with. You are really my endearing memory of this holiday, thank you so much for being with me.
I love you, with all that I am, and always will.
This has been the most extraordinary experience, I knew that it would be, but it has been made that much better by friends and family who have participated.
Our thanks go to people who wished us well along the way, and for the good will and happy birthday wishes. Thanks to the blog readers, believing that someone was reading along has pushed me to keep adding to the blog. I hope you were at least a little entertained. Sorry for the long breaks.
A big thanks also must go to the Sarres; Russell, Silke, Ellen, Sebastian and Tristan. They welcomed us into their home and provided a really pleasant and much needed breather, and Russ, thanks especially for the travel tips.
Bernice, Pop, Richard and Noreen, Hilary, Naomi, Lorrie, Kerry and Garry, Tim, Rick, Lynne-Marie, Wendy, Chris D, Nathan and Alden, thank you especially for the good wishes along the way.
To our Kids, Pete and Erica, Adie and Isolde, being with you for my birthday night was such a treat.
To Pete and Erica, Sheryl and I are so glad for the times we shared together, on the ship, in Munich and in Amsterdam, they were most excellent times, and I will remember that I don't remember aspects of some of them all that well !! We had such a time, you both bring good vibes with you. Thank you both.
Thanks also to Richard and Julie. They would say, any excuse for another trip to Asia, but we would not have enjoyed Penang, Langkawi and Phuket nearly as much without you guys. Thanks Richard for helping me get value out of the Casino Ship, that was an enormous lot of fun.
A very special mention must go to Pete and Liz. You travelled so many hours to be with us for such a short time in Phuket. I am so humbled by the effort you made. Our dinner out with the lovely view over the bay and the impeccable food, service and company was just sublime.
I want to also include in my sincerest thanks, those people who, by giving up a lot of their time at home helping to make sure Sheryl's Dad was cared for, have made all this possible for Sheryl and me.
Christine, Graham, Bernice, Terri and Ashley, thank you so much for helping with him it has been such load off, and meant that we have been able to enjoy our time away so much more, supremely confident that Pop would be fine while we were gone.
We also know that other family members (forgive me if I miss you out) have made sure that they could help by looking in on him and making sure his needs were met, Karl and Jay, Richard and Noreen, Lynne-Marie, Rick, Pam, Venesa and our kids; thanks so much.
To Keith, Chloe and Dean: you guys were amazing. We feel proud and privileged as parents to have you three as our children. You really are such fine people. Thanks so much for making the time and effort so we could be together and lifting my birthday holiday to the wonderful experience that it was. We hope the time inspires you to want to travel and experience more of the world.
Thanks again to Terri and Bernice for keeping an eye on the kids and the house.
My best memory of the holiday?
Well, it took some time to decide but: there are a very many memories of the same thing. They are remembering the clink of glasses in the countless holiday toasts that we had, either just together or, with our friends. From the cluck of the beer steins to the crisp ping of fine crystal lit by candles, those hundred odd toasts are my holiday memory.
Why? Because you cannot toast on your own, and friends are needed to share your life and laughter with, and those memories I will treasure most.
Now, words are now going to fail me. I don't have the skills or words of a poet at my command, and they are needed here.
Sheryl, we have spent the last 11 weeks effectively joined at the hip. We have worked side by side to make things happen and bring people and places of the holiday together, and for the vast majority of times they worked as planned.
There were brief times of friction, and I want to say, that I apologise for those times were I could have listened more. But we expected those short-tempered times from the outset, and they were brief because we worked through them together.
What we have achieved together on this holiday, and in our lives together is just remarkable.
Sheryl, you are the rock I stand on, you complement me in so many ways. Together we are a sum greater than its parts. I have been so rewarded by sharing these experiences with you, they have been so much better with you in them.
You are my best friend, the one I wanted to share these times with, the one I could always raise a toast with. You are really my endearing memory of this holiday, thank you so much for being with me.
I love you, with all that I am, and always will.
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