December 4 - Travelling

If you have been following this blog at all, you will know that Lyle and I both like to travel.  We enjoy seeing new places, doing new things and meeting new people.  Of course, we also realize that it would be a very different travel experience if we weren’t able to do this together.

Our latest trans Pacific cruise was a new experience for us.  If we ever had the time, money and opportunity, it is something we would enjoy doing again.  When our ship docked in Sydney we spent some time visiting family (always a priority) and a couple of days in Terrigal, our favourite beach town.  Then it was off to Queensland.  We flew into Coolangatta, located on Australia’s famous Gold Coast just south of Surfers Paradise.  

This was a trip into the past for us.  We had been here thirty plus years ago.  We were now amazed at the development in the area - new condo buildings, traffic, and lots of people.  We spent some time trying to find familiar places from the past.  We also visited an old school friend of mine, and then we just veged out on the beach.  We stayed at Tugun, which has a long, long beach, great for walking.

All told it was a great holiday, but we came to the conclusion that we liked Terrigal better.  There is a picture with this post.  I am sitting by the beach promenade, drinking take away coffee from my favourite Terrigal coffee shop - Free State Cafe.  The sun was shining that day and the sea gulls were swooping.  It felt a long way from the snow and cold back in Alberta.

 

Sue sitting at the beach with a coffee