waiting to go home

I am finally in holiday mode and currently in Queenstown, waiting to board my plane to Auckland in a few hours time. Problem is, that a few days ago a volcano in Chile decided to spew its ash and thanks to the roaring fourty's powerful winds, the ash has arrived in New Zealand. That has resulted in many flights between Australia and New Zealand being cancelled and this morning all major airlines have cancelled numerous flights. Not so Air New Zealand and that's the guys I am flying with. So fingers crossed. If all goes well and according to plan I will arrive in Frankfurt tomorrow evening, after a few-hours-stopover in Hongkong.

Plans I have many for my time in Germany. Of course I'll be trying to spend as much time as possible with my bundle of joy little Henry but I have also organized a trip through some very exciting European metropolises. I will spend some time in London, Amsterdam (and NO, I am not going for the pot!), Rome and Paris and I am so looking forward to going to all those places.

A few friends have implied wanting to catch up with me and of course the rest of my family wants to see me back home every now and then, too. Looks like I won't be relaxing much at all during the next few weeks, but I never really intended to anyway.

So again, fingers crossed I'll be able to leave New Zealand today and then see you back in good old Germany!

P.S. By the way, I've been a busy bee last night uploading heaps of new pictures onto my picture blog. Please check it out here.