March 8th, 2020 Day 64 of 128

Sydney Australia Day two of two. Today is a day I have been looking forward to for a while. Yes, I know I have had many days I have been looking forward to, but this one in particular. As you know, we are huge Disney fans. There is a scene on the ride Soaring over the world, when a seaplane flies right over the Sidney bridge with the Opera house in view. We had that moment today live. Not exactly as close as in the ride, but as close as we could get. I have never been in a seaplane before, I don’t know when or if I’d ever have the opportunity to do it again, and definitely not in Sydney. We flew over to Cottage Bay to the Cottage Point Inn where the plane landed after about a 30 minute flight. We had a fabulous lunch there looking over the bay. We dined on Kangaroo tartar and Wagyu Beef, it was delicious. Mom and I shared a bottle Prosecco and we breathed in deeply and enjoyed the day immensely. Our plane returned later to pick us up and fly us back where we began our day. It was first class all the way. Definitely one of the most exclusive excursions we have even been on. There were only seven people in total from the ship that even took this adventure and four of them were us. I am so glad we did it. We got back on the ship still quite full and relaxed so we decided to grab a light dinner at the lido tonight. Valerie, Mom and I went right to bed after dinner and Megan went and spent some time in Club HAL. I was asleep before she got home. There are lots of pictures for you to enjoy and so many more in my camera and in my mind. My heart is full of memories from this trip. Sometimes I am not sure how there can be any more room for more, but I know there will be. Thanks to the blessing of this blog not only can I share my adventures with you, but I also have a way to look back and remember them forever. Sending you wishes and prayers for continued health and safety, and that you have plenty of toilet paper. What’s up with that? Love and Hugs, Debra

So after I typed this I looked at our dates and realized today was our half way mark of our cruise. So even without realizing it, here we are, half down and halfway to go.