The Shah's Grand Tour

Welcome to 2010, especially to all those who waited with baited breath for the lights to go out on NYE 10 (short?) years ago. Weren’t we supposed to be riding around in flying cars in 2010? And I hear that it is twenty-ten, not two-thousand-and-ten, don’t you know - at least that is what the NZ Herald is reporting that a blog is reporting (which is what passes for reporting in the NZ Herald these days).

Having survived December with livers more-or-less intact, the focus is now well and truly The Shah’s Grand Tour. A good nine months in the planning, we are taking a month (and a bit) off the rock to visit family and friends, recharge batteries, shop, and see what the (temperate areas of the) east coast of Australia have to offer. So here is a heads up for friends, siblings, nieces & nephews, parents, aunts & uncles, great-aunt’s & great-uncles, grandparents & great-grandparents, and assorted dead relatives: the Shah roadshow is coming to a town near you!

Feb 19 – Mar 3 Auckland

Feb 19 Jenni & the kids arrive in Auckland

Feb 28 Michael arrives in Auckland

Mar 4 The Shahs depart from Auckland

Mar 4 – Mar 10 Victoria

Mar 4 – 7 Melbourne

Mar 8 Ballarat

Mar 9 Echuca

Mar 10 Rutherglen

Mar 11 – Mar 23 NSW

Mar 11 Goulburn

Mar 12-13 Kiama

Mar 14-16 Sydney

Mar 17 Hawkesbury

Mar 18 Hunter Valley

Mar 19 Port Stephens

Mar 20 Forster

Mar 21-22 Port Macquarie

Mar 23 Coffs Harbour

Mar 24 – Mar 27 QLD

Mar 24-26 Gold Coast

Mar 27 Brisbane

Mar 30 Aitutaki

I feel exhausted already!