Wednesday 28 March - Springfield, MA

This is probably going to be the last blog from the US – because it’s all coming to an end. I’ll try to put up updates as regularly as possible, however we’re going to be fairly busy sightseeing, as the itinerary below suggests! As a result, it could be that I’ll just put up photos and exclude the commentary, although I’m using this a diary for myself & Libe as well, so I could surprise.

This is where the travels of Ryan Moore & Libe Melville will take them in the next two-and-a-half months:

• New York March 31
• Peru April 1 – 14 (tour which takes in Lima, the Sacred Valley, the Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Cuzco and the Amazon jungle)
• Miami April 15 – 16
• San Fran April 17 – 20 (including tours of Alcatraz and Yosemite National Park)
• Las Vegas April 21 – 23 (including a tour of the Grand Canyon)
• NY April 24 (for a stopover)
• London April 25 – May 2 (which will include catching up with plenty of friends)
• Europe Tour May 3 – 16 (includes Paris, Lucerne (Switzerland), Pisa, Florence, Rome, Venice (Italy), Tyrol (Austria), Salzburg, Prague (Czech Republic))
• Berlin May 17 – 18
• Amsterdam May 19
• London May 20 – 21
• Egypt May 22 – 27 (including a tour of Cairo, Luxor and the Pyramids)
• Hong Kong May 28 – June 2 (hopefully including a night at the Happy Valley races)
• Geelong June 3 – June 11 (including some quality time on Mum & Dad’s couch in front of the Plasma)

Life over here has been good, although the last month has dragged on a bit – I’d attribute this to the fact that I’ve worked for pretty much the last 12 months without a break of any meaningful length, and that the novelty of work here had worn off and has become to feel like the normal routine. Still, I can’t complain too much about the opportunity we’ve been given. We’ve lived life without fear really, particularly financially, and will do so for the next 2.5 months (at least)! Looking back, it would have been a really poor decision in life not to undertake such an opportunity.