Seventwo and Despair - I've just been telling my wife about your travels-exchanges.
We're both feeling envious.
We try to do a walking-holiday somewhere outside NZ every year.
For 2020, we'd decided to do something completely different, and we'd booked a Ramblers' holiday in Sri Lanka. In fact, I think it was due to begin in late October.
All cancelled now of course.
My grand-daughter had to change all her plans too. She had been offered a job in Antibes, but she's also confined to home for the time being.
Hearing talk of Italy, the Alps, and so on has made us very nostalgic.
Don't get me wrong - 90% of the time we're very happy to be down here, but it does feel remote at the moment.
We actually have plans to come to the UK next summer, but it's a question of wait-and-see for now. My wife's brother had a triple bypass in Papworth recently, and she's very keen to see him. (I have warned him that supporting Northampton is bad for your heart!)
If we do make it, I'm sure we'll build in an Italian walking-holiday too.
Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the travelogue!