Auckland

It's 2017!!! Woohoo sadly that means back to work until March
Auckland

Christmas time: up in Auckland with the Marwicks. Great time despite the sub-par weather. Mila stole the show as always
Life is good in New Plymouth

A morning stroll along the beach to our favorite container-turned French cafe. Chocolate croissants and flat whites anyone? #oceanview
The storm!

We have spent most of the day up in our loft reading as there is a crazy storm outside! The ocean is definitely wild. We did venture out for a stroll around town and braved the winds. Pizza and aWeiterlesen
Festival of Lights- is it summer yet?

We went out for a cold, rainy, windy night at the New Plymouth Festival of Lights. Apparently we are already well into summer!!! We had delicious hot chocolate (ice cream for andreas of course). ItWeiterlesen
Andreas makes a friend...

Bike riding along the boardwalk to get more chocolate croissants! Andreas made such good friends with a bird that a gang of them stole the precious last bite of my chocolate croissant!! The bite withWeiterlesen
New zealand coffee mmMm

Outdoor climbing weekend.

Great 3-day weekend of outdoor rock climbing and camping with friends! Jess and Brook joined us from Auckland!
Curry/movie night

Paul and Andreas slaved away in the kitchen for our curry cook-off.
Joon &Trixie's Wedding

Great weekend in blehniem to celebrate Joon and Trixie's wedding! There was only about 10-15 min of rain on Saturday which was great because it gave us a chance to use our ponchos! Sunday wasWeiterlesen
Preparing for our ATW trip

We are quite busy at our place getting ready for our ATW trip. Only 2.5 weeks left of work! We are selling everything we own and I have been working 12 hour days twice a week. We started getting ourWeiterlesen
Our South Island adventure begins!

Andreas and I have spent the last week in Auckland relaxing with the Marwick family and friends. However we are ready for our month in the South Island. Jon and Barb's campervan is packed up and readyWeiterlesen
Driving from Auckland to Wellington

We stopped at Lake Taupo for lunch and a dip in the cold pool
Waiting for Brooke and Peter to arrive!

We woke up early to pick up Peter and Brook from the airport at 6am... ooops. They got into Auckland airport at 6am. We found a great spot at Moa Point and watched the sunrise while we waited for themWeiterlesen
Wellington

They finally arrived! We had a great day exploring Wellington. During the day we went to the Gallipoli exhibit in Te Papa museum, went to an old used booked store, walked around the waterfront. AtWeiterlesen
Picton ferry

We woke up early to take the Picton Ferry from Wellington to Picton. Peter and Brooke picked up their campervan and we were off! We did make time for peter and Brooke to have their first meat pie.Weiterlesen
Lake Rotoiti

We spend our first night in our campervans at lake Rotoiti. It rained all night. But it made for a great misty walk in the morning and our first DIP IN THE POOL! So cold but so refreshing. We hit theWeiterlesen
West Coast

We drove down the Wild West coast of NZ as the storm raged on. Until finally the skies cleared and we had perfect weather.
The sun has finally come out!

After 3 solid days of rain from Cyclone Cook, the sun has come out as we continue to travel South down the West coast!
Easter at Haast Pass

2 days of relaxing by Lake Hawea
Queenstown!

Mt. Cook/ tramping to the Muller hut!

Peter and Brooke went on their first tramp up to the Muller Hut! It was the most stunning views I have seen. We sat for a long time watching avalanches from the glaciers next to us. We took about 7Weiterlesen
Christchurch

We had a great time exploring Christchurch on bikes for Peter and Brooke's last day in New Zealand!! Last night we went to a rugby game.
Dunedin

Yesterday we drove 5 hours from Christchurch down to Dunedin. We have been exploring Dunedin with our friends Paul and Kathryn. This is as far South as I have ever been! We walked up the steepestWeiterlesen
Bottom of the world! - Bluff

I am officially as far South as I have ever been! (Andreas has been to Stewart Island) Bluff is the bottom of the South Island. It's time to start our journey back up to Auckland. We will take theWeiterlesen