I have had a very busy and interesting month since my last post.  We had a cruise booked since last year and finally in early October we were on our way, to New Zealand.  We had a  hectic time leading up to getting away as there were the usual medical issues and appointments to make sure we had the spare prescriptions as well as enough medication to see us through the 21 days and also the travel insurance to negotiate.  We finally got on the ship here in Adelaide in October and had 3 weeks cruising New Zealand which was wonderful....but we got Covid on the last 3 days of the cruise and spent it in isolation in our cabin which forrtunately had a balcony.  We had been lucky not to have had Covid before and had all our jabs but still we were feeling quite sick and my husband was worse and slept on and off for most of the 3 days and didn't feel like eating which was unusual for him.  The staff on the ship were very good and kept checking on our temperature and making sure we had food delivered even though we weren't wanting to eat much.  When we got back home we saw our GP who gave us antibiotics and within a week we were much better and now after a month we are back to normal, having lost quite a few kilos which is probably a good thing. 

Here are a few photos of the ship and the ports we visited. The only place we missed seeing was Fjordland as the weather was a bit rough but we have sailed there before and were not well enough this cruise, but it would have been disappointing for others that wanted to see the beautiful scenery there.

Wellington

Diamond Princess

Wellington