Last December, my parents asked me if E. would be interested in travelling to Australia for a month this summer. E. is eleven years old, and has never flown by himself, but after assuring him that he would be looked after, that I would take him to the airport, and his grandparents would pick him up at the airport at the other end, he was game.
So, we applied for a new passport (children's passports only last five years, so the passport he got for his trip with me to England when he was in kindergarten had expired.
With the newly minted passport in hand, I made a copy of that, Mr. R. and my driver's licenses, and wrote a permission letter, and my mum went ahead and booked his trip to Australia.
He leaves Dallas on June 9, arriving in Brisbane on June 11. On the return trip, he will leave Sydney on July 7, and get home the same day.
I know he's going to have a blast. I wish I was jetting to Australia for four weeks!
images courtesy of QANTAS website
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I bet he will LOVE his trip:) I have not been to Australia myself, but my niece is there studying photography for 3 years, in Melbourne. She spend 7 months travelling around about a year ago, and absolutely loved it. We plan to go visit her for her graduation (giving us time to save up money) but until then we'll have to live through her:) Make sure he takes tons of pix:)
ReplyDeleteI'm also very jealous!! Hope E has a great trip (how could he not?) =)
ReplyDeletewow..that's exciting! hope they have a great time and our weather is good to them.
ReplyDeletex
I too wish good weather for the trip. Hope they have a fantastic time. I am up to my thighs in snow. March came in like a lion in midcoast Maine.
ReplyDeleteyvonnes
Wow, how exciting! Hopefully, he has a wonderful and memorable experience.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the picture of the 2 passports, I hoped you were going too !!! :( I know he. Will have a blast!
ReplyDeleteHe's one lucky boy. Thanks you for your lovely comment on my blog. I am thinking of you and your family.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn xx
Your son is going to have such a great time and I hope all our rain ends before he gets here. Too bad you can't come as well.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the kids have all the travelling fun these days! It's a shame you can't come too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments on my blog. You have inspired me to create a gallery for my cross stitching.