When I was asked earlier if we had already been to Australia, I always answered with full conviction: We are saving this trip for our retirement. Well, actually I should have known better back then …

When Sven and I were once again faced with the big question of where the next big trip should go, this time we were, for once, completely at odds. I wanted to go to South Africa, he would rather go to the Caribbean. Sven then made a joke about why we wouldn’t actually fly to Australia. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t take such a statement as a joke. Shortly afterwards, I was already checking flights and scouring the internet for the highlights of Australia.