CHANGE OF PLANS When this article goes to print on 1st May, my final job in business will be finished. I will be in full retirement and living off my Superannuation and shares that have been building steadily for the past 25 years. My wife and I will also be 35,000 feet in the air on a Singapore Airline flight bound for Europe. It will be the start of our annual overseas holiday that we both look forward to so much. Every year my wife Wendy spends hours upon hours on the planning of each trip which usually starts around eight months prior to leaving. Every detail is meticulously worked out of where to go, countries to see, routes to take, accommodation, flights, car hire, etc, etc. She would make an excellent Travel Agent. If it’s taken a few days to open up the magazine, then we will have arrived at a place called Annecy in France. It is a major tourist area situated at the top-end of the third largest lake in the country (being 14.6km long and 3.2kms at its’ widest point). It’s only a short distance from the mountains of Switzerland which makes it an even more attractive place to visit. We were here 5 years ago and swore we would come back and stay longer.
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Our accommodation is on the bottom end of the lake. It’s a 3 bedroom house and is booked for four weeks. In a few days, Wendy’s sister and her girlfriend will be joining us for around seven days before heading off on a ten day Viking River Cruise and then flying out to New York. After they leave, our son and his girlfriend will arrive and spend a short time with us before they do a bit of travelling around themselves. Two of our best friends will then join us in our last week at Annecy and then the four of us will fly to Dubrovnic and spend ten days together touring Croatia, another favourite place of ours. We then say ‘goodbye’ as they are booked on a Mediterranean cruise from Venice. Wendy and I will then stay on for another few weeks (together, alone with no guests) making our way up to Munich for our flight home. OK! As you may have realised the above trip did not happen. It couldn’t have because of the restrictions in travel, so please disregard all that was said above as there has been a change of plan and I now will re-write my opening statement.
