After four days of holiday gluttony with the Brinches, Mary, Nicole, and Andy (a few of my awesome friends from home) flew into Christchurch to join Kelly and me on a whirlwind tour of the south island. With only twelve or so days to see the sights, we all piled into a rental car and [...]
Archive for January, 2010
South Island Road Trip – Part One
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Beaches, Friends, New Zealand, Wine on January 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Brinches Stole Our Christmas
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Family, Food, Locals, New Zealand on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so I know this Christmas post is almost a month late, but what can I say?Living the life of a backpacker is extremely hectic with so many sights to see and people to meet… One of the things I was looking most forward to while visiting New Zealand was the chance to reconnect with my [...]
Welly!
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Boat Rides, Food, New Zealand on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Our train ride down the eastern coast of the North Island was so beautiful. The scenery is amazing here! Not to mention a great bar car fully equipped with the local beer, Monteith’s. Very yummy. We made it into Wellington, the country’s capital city, that afternoon and got settled into the hostel and quickly learned just [...]
City of Sails
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Beaches, Friends, New Zealand, Wine on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. South America was fantastic. Kim and I can’t wait to make it back there one day and see more. We were sad to leave and I will definitely miss speaking Spanish all the time, but both of us were very excited to move on to New Zealand! Familiar faces for Kim and new and [...]
Having Fun
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Friends, New Zealand on January 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sorry for the lack of posts…some of my kick ass friends are here in New Zealand visiting us from home and we’ve been having too much fun to sit in front of the computer (that and internet access is ‘expensive as’ here). We promise to put some stuff out soon!
