World Pursuit of Happiness Tour ..Part Deux

Post # 1
On the road again

  We are 7 days into the second journey in the pursuit to visit the top 10 happiest countries on earth.. Here we are across the ditch, in Auckland after spending a few recovery days in Sydney, adding  2 more happy countries to our list.
       Part Deux
Australia is # 10...
New Zealand #8
       Part Une-  August 2018
Finland #1
Norway #
Netherlands # 6
Sweden # 9
        Fini By March 20 2019
    (world happiness day)
Denmark# 3
Iceland # 4
Switzerland # 5
Canada # 7

Post # 1 on this Deux trip is arriving the day I finally got a good night's sleep.. Amazing how overcoming half-a-world-away-jet lag eases the body and mind.

Coffee helps too...I avoided caffiene to help eliminate all sleep deterrents.. Don't know if that strategy worked, but sleep
...and/or...coffee is helping me focus enough to gather a few thoughts and words for the journal..finally..
And I know.. All one of you who read these posts..have been waiting for the arrival..

We still have two weeks to go on the down-under pursuit of happiness tour.. Waiting to post just adds to the drama..and keeps these thoughts from getting old too quickly..

Today we board the Majestic Princess cruise ship and set off on a 13 day trip with 5 stops along the east coast of New Zealand, a day in Hobart Tazmania, a day in Melbourne ending up back in Sydney.. I am sure the 16 hour leg from SYD to DFW and 8 hours domestic travel time to ORD and BDL will be easier than the ride south..
My attempt to be positive...
We're a long way from home..

We left our house in Windsor CT
At 2:30pm EDT on October 16
Had quick stops in Chicago, then LAX and arrived at the Sydney Airport Holiday Inn at 9:30am local time October 18..
(4:30pm 10/17 CT time)
Portal to portal about 26 hours with 19 hours of wheels-up air time....

Out-of-shape road warriors lose sleeping-on-plane skills pretty quickly...yep...I'm outta shape..
Add 6 hours to the wait time at home and it was a mere 32 sleepless hours... More than enough time to whack my body and mind..

I'm back in reality now.. A half a world away from you guys.. ready to research, observe, inquire and log in the journey and the findings in happy places...

More to come...as I find hot spots of info...and wi-fi portals..
Next up..Post 2...Australia