And when I say last minute, it was really a last minute deal. We were planning to make the trip in March 2020, but Tia dropped the news that she would be busy during the school holidays, so we had to scrap the idea. That's when we decided to make the trip earlier than intended and booked everything just days before the departure date.
And you know what? If things didn't work out the way it did and we had booked the trip for March anyway, we would have been left scrambling for refunds instead of enjoying a winter sojourn seeing how a global pandemic eventually unfolded some time in February. Alhamdulillah.
I might update this into a longer write-up one day, but in the meantime, here are videos of our awesome trip!