It is ironic really, that my luggage went missing on the Vancouver to Regina leg, but had no issues getting from New Zealand to Vancouver. It is also interesting to note that I have never had issues with my luggage, and my first trip flying with no parents ends with missing luggage. Thankfully, I had all of the baggage tags and we got the issue sorted out very quickly. It was almost a blessing in disguise that my bag was still in Vancouver, because I’m not sure how we would have gotten all of the luggage to fit in the car otherwise!

I’m going to start off by talking about what we did at home for the two weeks before my Mom writes about her amazing, and slightly warmer, adventures because, as I wasn’t there, I don’t think I could do their trip justice.

“Does anyone want to sing?” asked the tour guide at the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. I had been dreading this question but Mom had been looking forward to it, so we put up our hands (some of us more enthusiastically than others) and sang in the cave’s “cathedral”. We “wowed” the other people on the tour with an enthusiastic rendition of O’Canada and the acoustics were amazing! We weren’t allowed to video – which was slightly disappointing but by the end of our national anthem, I may have been enjoying myself…