Sunday and it is promising to be a very lazy day. Our journey to Rotorua is only 100kms so we can afford to be lazy and meander about. After a hearty breakfast and much fun at our amazing B&B it was time to farewell our hosts. They were an absolute delight. The dog, the alpacas, […]
Rotorua is the heartland of New Zealand’s Maori culture and a beautiful city that is easily traversed. Many tourists and the locals are very accommodating and friendly. Here are a few bits of interest… Kia Ora – Hello, thank you (informal) Morena – Good morning Kei te pehea koe – How are you? Hare mai […]
Dear Birthday-Travelers,
Greetings from the german Countryside. Enjoy Your NZ Adventure 🙂
Happy Birthday, Terry !
Silke + Marcus from Germany
Woke early and decided to make our way to the Blue and the Green Lake before heading to Palmerston North. Unfortunately the morning was not going to grant us these amazing views of the lake, but we were granted wonderful deep misty views over the lakes and the remains of the heavy hail/snow/ice storm from […]
Love these moody, misty shots
Hi Ingrid,
some great looking landscapes there, thought you didn’t have time for them. I love the misty ones across the water, keep up the good work.Hope Terry enjoyed his birthday and taking heaps of photos. Catch you later
Hans
After a wonderful sleep and drenching rain overnight, we finally made our way. Late departure – 10.30am but it was so nice to chat with our B&B hosts Ingrid & Aaron. Headed south to find a Hat Felting & Printing Place, only to find it closed. The rain finally eased as we continued our journey […]
Up early to board the Interisland Ferry – “Kaitaki” to head across Cook Strait to Picton. What an exciting adventure that was. Boarding with your vehicle was great and we did pay the extra to be in the lounge. Had breakfast on board, met some great people. The crossing was ultra-smooth 92kms, and the sea […]
This is such a great blog Ingrid. I feel like I am “armchair travelling” around New Zealand with you both.