Recently I’ve been planning my holiday trips for 2014 and 2015, and strangely enough they all revolve around genealogy events … surprise! surprise! But considering I rarely take any time off, the trips in 2014 and 2015 will be quite a novelty. So here’s what I’m planning at this stage … February 2014 – 4th Unlock the Past Cruise First up I’m going on the 4th Unlock the Past Cruise which is a eight day/nine night cruise next February. This one travels around the bottom of Australia (from Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Sydney). So no exotic islands this time, but since I tend to spend most of my time in the conference rooms anyway that’s no big deal. I’m going for the genealogy. I’m going for the friends. I’m going for the food. I’m going for the ship (it really is a mini-city on water). And I’m going to learn from the awesome lineup of speakers. This will be unlike anything else I’ve ever been to, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to need a big long break afterwards to recover from trying to soak up everything I can. Alas I know that won’t happen, as there will be a backlog of work waiting for me. Seriously I can’t believe it is now less than four months away! That’s just going to fly by. More on this cruise … July 2014 – 5th Unlock the Past Cruise My next trip after that will be in July 2014, when I get to go cruising again, (yes, it’s becoming a bit of a habit). This will be on the 5th Unlock the Past Cruise, and it’ll take me the to the UK, a place that I’ve never been before. Travelling from...
