2020 was a hell of a year which started good but then turned bad but then brought some exciting things, then other things not so exciting and ended on a glorious note after all. We farewelled it with a short trip south of Sydney and it was so great that we decided 2021 deserves a similar beginning. If traveling was joy before, it is now almost a privilege, given that most of the world has been closed for just about everything except shopping in the mall.