We are at the end of our month-long trip to New Zealand and Sydney. We have had a wonderful time. It was everything I had wanted it to be. My decision to do this trip on our own was a wise one. It was also good that we planned to do it leisurely and not worry about trying to do everything.
I have had my hands full on the trip. It is especially hard to maintain any order. For example, when we arrived at a location, she would pull her clothes out of her suitcase and throw them on the floor. I am sure she was looking for something specific, but it makes it difficult to find things later on if they are scattered about the room.
Going through check-ins is a bit of a problem. She generally does not understand what she is supposed to do even when I give an explanation. When we were going through customs in Auckland, one person was supposed to walk through a screening device while the person behind waited behind a white line painted on the floor. I went through first to show her what to do. Instead of stopping at the line, she followed right behind me. This messed up my screening; so I had to go back and do it again. After I got through the line, it turned out that she didn’t understand what she needed to do. We had to stop at a point while the scanner did a scan of our faces. She couldn’t get this right. There was no way for me to go back and help her. I had to get a customs official to go around and help her.
Something similar happened when we were taking a train someplace. She put ticket in the slot and then tried to walk through a different turnstile. These are little things, but it creates a lot for one person to handle. This is the kind of thing I had never thought about before. I am sure I will get used to it.
