New Passport arrived

We get so used to things happening today or within a few hours that it was a bit of a struggle to be told it could take a few weeks for my new passport to be processed. Much to my surprise the new passport arrived Monday... just two weeks after I submitted the application. So I was pleased with that. I was also pleased with the level of service I got at the Sudbury passport office downtown. It has been ten years since I applied for my previous passport, but the level of service has improved greatly.

I am not making any specific travel plans but I think it is good to have a passport just in case some special travel opportunity comes up. It kind of bothers me that world politics plays a role in ny decision i might make. That means that I won't be travelling to the U.S. for the time being, nor will I take part in a unique Russian icebreaker cruise to the North Pole. However, a cruise to Antarctica is still on the bucket list.