Hey all! Down here at the capital of NZ, Wellington. It is a lovely place and the arts festival is fantastic!! This will be a short entry, and I can't up load my photos yet, unfortunately. Last Fri we drove down to Auckland. NZ roads are CRAZY. We spent the night with some friends of Mom and Brians - Annie is a most _fabulous_ lady!! We had a blast, with a dinenr party and other people, and stayed up WAY too late. She and her partner have the cutest little flat in downtown Auckland, near the waterfront. It is TINY and [View Full Entry]

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Just fun random stuff... [View Full Entry]

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I bought the cutest yogurt maker! (http://www.easiyo.com/) Apparently it is totally common here - I picked it up in one of your average grocery stores in a rather on the small side town. You just add the mix and water, or milk and bit of yogurt you already have, to the small container, put boiling water in the big container, then put in the small, and wait 12-20 hrs! Easy!! And tasty! Yesterday Mom and I went over to Keri Keri and got some green lipped muscles to take home and make - yum! We also stopped by The Wherehouse, which [View Full Entry]

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Sorry I haven’t written in ages! I have been consumed with…well, reading, sleeping, and hanging out with mom! Today it is raining raining raining. It is nice not to be frantic on vacation. Mostly when people are on vacation they zoom around madly trying to make the most, as it were, of each little moment by cramming it as full as possible with distracting, entertaining, or culturally-enriching events. There is something about being on a boat that just forces you to slow down a bit. Before I left most people were so impressed I was going to New Zealand and asked [View Full Entry]

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Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Five [View Full Entry]

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Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Four [View Full Entry]

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Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Three For some reason I hardly took any pictures this day. Partially it was recovering from the sea sickness from the day before!! [View Full Entry]

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Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Two [View Full Entry]

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Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day One [View Full Entry]

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Hello friends! It has been another lazy lovely day here in sunny NZ. Woke up, had coffee and breakfast, went to the market, came home, read, had lunch, read some more. I had all these plans for things I was going to do while I was here, but really it isn't possible. Mom said that every country they have been to so far on this trip has had siesta (nap in the middle of the day) except NZ, and they ought to have it here too! It is so warm in the afternoon: clear sunny skies, light cool breezes, the gentle [View Full Entry]

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