Day 1 - Monday

Today is the first day of our holiday. We don’t fly out until 11:40pm so the day is spent getting organised and packing. It starts off as our official Xmas morning where we get under the tree and give out our presents. We will still do the proper Xmas morning but it will be low key. On our past two holidays through Europe I have been extremely organised having plane tickets, accommodation details, train tickets etc all printed and organised in a travel folder three months in advance. This time I’m rushing around printing stuff a couple of hours before we’re about to leave and shoving it into a crappy file I found at the back of the drawer. We have been so busy this time with work, with me now coaching two cricket teams and Tyler’s cricket consuming most of our time we feel a little unorganised this time around and we’re thinking “bloody hell, where did the time go”. Before we know it, 8:40pm has rolled around and it’s time to get in the cab and get to the airport. We check in and make our way through to the departure lounge. While we were waiting we decide to look through the news agency and Mark Waugh walks in. I find Tyler and give him a nudge and point over to where Mark Waugh is (he was looking in the “personal development” section of the books) thinking Tyler might go over and ask him for his autograph but Tyler is too scared so Mark Waugh walks out. Opportunity lost! We get the boarding call and jump on the plane. The adventure begins!