Breakfast is delivered to our room daily in the hotel we are at in Taupo. Not a bad way to start the day. Just to keep the trend going this morning we tempted the geothermal area by heading to DeBretts…
As They Say in Maine… Ya’ Can’t Get there…..From Here!
Giddy Mates ( we finally leaned the proper spelling), After a beautiful sunrise in Napier it was breakfast and then off to Taupo and the volcanic and geothermal area of the country, by heading over The Southern Alps again. There…
Art Deco, Anyone? And..Why Man was not Meant to Fly!
This morning we left Palmerston North and were quite surprised to almost immediately enter the Manawatu Gorge. It was a beautiful mountain pass between the plains in the west and the Pacific coastal regions in the east. In addition at…
Te Papa Museum, a Sunday Market, and off to Palmerston North
A word about beer in New Zealand. You can order a stubby, a glass, a Handle, or a stein. Alan at dinner ordered a stein. This was definitely the biggest stein I have ever seen and could have sated all…
Well….. It’s Wellington
The day dawned crystal clear over New Zealand today. So much so that we could see Mt. Tapuaenuku and Mt. Tarahaka in Marlborough on the South Island clear as a bell. As you can see we chose to try a…
Northward Ho!
This morning we walked down by the ferry dock to The Edwin Fox, one of the oldest wooden sailing ships still in existence. It actually brought some of the original prisoners toAustralia to settle that land. They are not planning…
Trick or Treat!
We may have been the first people in the entire world to trick or treat today! This morning I went to buy postcards and when I walked into the shop I naturally said “trick or treat.” After asking me where…
One if By Land, Two if By Sea… the Abel Tazman
Abel Tazman National Park at the northern tip of the South Island is one of New Zealand’s gems. It is a coastal park only reachable by boat. We found individual small beachside cabins in the tiny village of Maharau, just…
Wune.. Wane.. Wono.. Wene.. (brp!). Oh, WINE!
This morning before leaving Picton we had breakfast with Gusto, oops, I mean at Gusto. We then walked around this pretty harbor which is at Latitude 41* South. Our home in New London is at 41* North Latitude! There are…
Whales and Wine..or Sealife and Sauvignon Blanc! At Least That Was the Plan
This morning we were slated to go on a hunt for Sperm Whales and then this afternoon drive to The Wairu Valley in Marlborough for some of the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world. As planning goes, it sometimes just…