We had our first breakfast buffet aboard ship and ate twice as much as we should have, which I expect is par for the course. We had to eat early to get ready for our first excursion. Each day the ship was in a port, Viking offered a range of excursions. Typically, one excursion was included …
The plan for this day was to check out of the hotel, transition to the ship and start to make ourselves at home. We could get in our cabin after 1pm and had the rest of the day free. I figured I would let Barb get herself settled while I would use the afternoon hours …
When we opened the curtains in the morning we noticed that our Viking Orion ship was already docked nearby. It arrived early in the morning on the last leg of its cruise from Sydney, the reverse of our itinerary. Passengers would have one Auckland day before they would disembark and we would board. It’s pretty …
We arrived in Auckland’s airport at 6am, pretty quickly found our luggage and escaped customs despite being shamed into declaring that we brought roasted nuts into New Zealand. Notices from the flight attendants and at the airport made it very clear that New Zealand was strict about what they allowed to be brought in – …