Boarding Regatta; Bye Sydney

We’re on the next phase of our trip now. We checked out of our Sydney hotel this morning and checked in to our cruise for the next 16 days aboard Oceania‘s Regatta. We had lunch on board and then spent the afternoon unpacking. We were ambitious and actually went to the gym before the ship sailed under the Sydney Bridge around 5:30 p.m.

The Regatta is the same class of ship as the Insignia, the ship we spent six months on last year. We’re very comfortable and well acquainted with its layout so it was easy settling in. It feels like a bit of a homecoming. We’ve recognized a number of the crew from previous Oceania trips. And we have so far recognized one passenger who was on the around the world trip on Insignia last year.

(Interestingly, the photo of us was taken by a Toronto couple who live uptown at Yonge and St. Clair. Once we got talking with them, we realized that we’ll be in Paris at the Olympics this summer at the same time! We’ve already made plans to meet up while we’re there.)Read more