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Well...entries may be a little behind since our beloved laptop has died, so we are going to do our best getting photos and such on the site. On Saturday June 2, we went to a world rugby test match between the All Blacks and France. It is not very often that the All Blacks play in Auckland, so it was very exciting. We went with Steph and Carl, and we made sure we all had jerseys, jackets, hats, flags etc to go cheer our team on. The game was at Eden Park which seats about 45 000 people. By the afternoon prior to the game, it was sold out. We took the train from the city to Eden Park and went to a pub before hand for some pre-game drinks. The atmosphere was awesome. Everyone ... read more

Jess got back from her Kiwi-Experience Tour ready for some much-needed rest, which was good because Dennis and I still had a few days left of work before a week off to hang out with her. We have all been out of town quite a bit lately, so for our week off we just stayed in Auckland and did things in and around town that Jess hasn't seen yet. In Auckland we went to the zoo, aquarium and museum. All very fun and it gave us a chance to do things we might not normally get around to doing, so that was good. We spent a day north of Auckland in the Matakana Wine Region. There are some beautiful wineries up there and with the fall colors it was so nice. We got to do ... read more

EASTER Australasia » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands By Kickinitkiwi April 8th 2007 Melissa & Dennis Haha, Ok to say we have been busy and are waaay behind in our blogging is an understatement, so here are the rest of the pictures from Easter Weekend. After our day trip all the way up to the cape and back, and one night at the campsite, we headed back to Auckland. The weather was unbelievably warm and we took the chance to stop for some beach and swim time at Matauri Bay...which I think is one of the most beautiful places in NZ. Afte... read more

Easter Weekend=4 days off work, what better time to head north to the Bay of Islands??? We left on Friday morning, only to find that the entire city of Auckland was also heading out of town. So, the "roadtrip" took hours longer than it was supposed to, but we weren't in any hurry and had a good time anyways. We got to Paihia, which was about an hour or so before where we were staying so we stopped and checked out the shops, the beaches and had a drink at the bar on the end of the pier. It's a really cool little beach town and there was lots going on. Plus the weather was PERFECT which we hadn't expected cause the forcast had been for rain. Very exciting. Eventually we made our way further ... read more

Ok, so on with our BUSY day in Rotorua...after the thermal park and some lunch we went to the Agrodome. They do all kinds of sheep demonstrations and have some cool "kiwi" activities as well. We thought the sheep show would be a good intro to NZ for Jess, since there are about 6 sheep for every person in this country. ;) They had about thirteen different breeds of sheep that they brought on to the stage to show us, as well as a shearing demonstration, a "duck herding" dog, baby lambs and the sheep dogs. The guy doing the show was really interesting and it was actually pretty funny. And the best part? Feeding the baby lambs with bottles after the show was over! After the sheep show, we went to the "zorb". Zorbing ... read more