Yearly Archives: 2012

All’s Well in Wellington

Wellington is the beautiful capital of New Zealand.  It has the distinction of being the Southernmost as well as theView full post »

Wining Away the Day in Marlborough Country

Today we are in the city of Picton which is in the Marlborough region, in the heart of New Zealand wine country.  ForView full post »

Hiking an Extinct Volcano in Tauranga

We had a great time tonight, perhaps a bit too much in fact!  We found out that they do indeed have St. GermainView full post »

Embarkation Day – Take Two

I am pleased to announce that today will be the last packing/unpacking event for us for some time!  Yea!  I can’tView full post »

A Super Game and Dinner on Super Bowl Monday!

We had a grey day in Auckland today, but no rain.  It turns out that this summer has been the wettest and greyest thatView full post »

Kiwis Keep us in the Dark in Auckland

You’d think it would be easy to find a Kiwi in Auckland, wouldn’t you?  No, not the kind that we saw yesterday orView full post »

Threatening Tongues in Tauranga

Unfortunately, there was a loud knocking noise that happened multiple times last night that woke me repeatedly.    NotView full post »

Oysters, Wine and Rain

Today we arrived at the Bay of Islands in Northern New Zealand, expecting (as forecast), a warm sunny day.  We drewView full post »

Rock and Roll at Sea

It was a pretty wild ride last night.  Dale and I both took anti-seasick medicine and slept OK.  The best way I’veView full post »