Blogs from North Shore, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 12

Blooming heck … what a fantastic, crazy, happy, wonderful time I had on this woorlwind trip back to New Zealand, it was 12 full on days. And as the lady at customs said as I was leaving, ´what a short stay´, little did she know how much I jammed in. The trip back from Costa Rica took a turn for the best when I discovered I had one free entry into the Air NZ lounge in LAX, thank goodness because that airport is the worst and I had a sweet 8hrs to kill. Arriving into Auckland Thursday morning I headed straight for Petrina and Steve´s place to pick up my bridesmaids dress, after a quick chat I was on my way home. I pretty much headed straight out to get the dress altered, pick up stuff ... read more

So today’s the day…all the last minute details have been dealt with and now it’s just waiting for the time to come where we hop into the car and take off for the airport. Mixed feelings of excitement, nervousness and a little sadness to leave some people behind, are all running through me- although, I have a feeling once I land and am situated over in New Zealand is going to be the time that it really hits me…that I’m really going to be gone for 10-11 months….and then I’ll be on the opposite side of the world…ha! Since I graduated college in May 2005 it’s been my plan and dream to do a trip like this…and a year later…it’s finally happening. I’m trying to go into this experience with no expectations and just take what ... read more

Hello There. Well i have been here a week now and only managed to get burnt once!!! We have been so busy in our first week in Auckland - - Went for a lovely walk on 'Long Bay' beach (this one is only 4 mins from their house). This is the day i got burnt!!! (yes, my first day here - typical!). - Went to a winery and tasted some lovely fine wines and got to write comments about them all ( i put 'love it' next to every one!!!). Passed a lovely church which was in the middle of no where! - We went to a cheese making place where we sat and had a really nice lunch which included all of the homemade cheeses - yum! - Spent a day at 'Kelly Tarltons' an ... read more

My first day in Auckland was really in Wellington, I was up at 4.15am to nip down to the British High Commission as I needed to drop my passport off for my Visa renewal, annoyance. However the process was very quick and they assured me it would be all done in 5 days, it was actually completed in 1 day and delivered back, so much for 10 working days which is what I was originally told. On the plus side I did get to see the Beehive, hooray! After getting back I had a quick lunch with Miss Cassidy before she went back down to Welly. Later that week I met up with Katie and Ants (who’s wedding I am back in NZ for), we dropped my bridesmaid dress in to be altered, and then we ... read more

Well, its been some time since I wrote a Travel Blog to u all. I think it was when Diana and I were still in South America. Just to get u up to date quickly over the past 7 months. We flew back to Europe in May and picked up the Ford Escort van Steve, my son, had given me Sept previous, I had left it in Austria at friends and it had been buried in over 2 metres of snow over the winter. We put a new battery in her and set off to drive around the coast of Europe. Ended up covering over 7000 miles or 11,000 klms and visited Spain, to Gibraltar, around the coast of Southern France into Italy where we watched the final of the World Fotball cup with Italians in ... read more