Blogs from Wellington, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

Sinds deze late namiddag zijn we aangekomen in Wellington. Wellington is de hoofdstad van Nieuw-Zeeland en ligt op het Noordereiland. We hadden eigenlijk gisterenavond geboekt. Er zijn 2 ferrymaatschappijen vanuit Picton naar Wellington en Bluebridge is de goedkoopste. Het is wel een roestige ferry en totaal niet modern maar voor die 3 uurtjes hadden we er geen probleem mee om in een muffe zetel te zitten. En toch mochten we deze namiddag al mee met de ferry. We hadden gezien op ons ticket dat we dit moesten uitprinten. Een klein probleempje want we hadden geen printer. Deze morgen kon de campingbaas het niet afprinten want hij vertrouwde geen pdf formulieren (hij wist niet wat dit was en wij konden het niet omzetten naar iets anders). We besloten dus naar de ferrymaatschappij zelf te rijden en te ... read more

So the first week of the Kiwi Experience Funky Chicken bus tour has been awesome!! We've travelled all down the North Island and I feel like I'm finally seeing the real New Zealand, hills & sheep lol! Ok so our journey has been as follows: Auckland - Hot Water Beach - Waitomo - Rotorua - Lake Taupo - River Valley - Wellington Hot Water Beach: Well this place was was fun, it's just an average beach with a bit of a twist! At low tide if you dig in the sand at the right place you can dig yourself a hot pool! There's a hot spring that sits underneath the beach, and it's called Hot Water Beach for a reason as the spring water is boiling!! We also woke up at 5:30am the next morning as ... read more

No I am not coming home yet but a slice of home came here this past weekend for the Rugby World Cup. Thats right the United States Eagles, our very own Rugby team (which I did not know we had until this trip) came to Wellington to take on the Australians. Of course being Americans in New Zealand we had to support our country no matter how bad our team is, if your unfamiliar with rugby we are awful. The match was on Friday at 830pm. In true American style there was a pre-match BBQ at one of the flats on our street. We had everything from hot dogs and hamburgers to flip cup and dizzy izzy. Around 7ish me and my three friends headed down to the stadium by running and signing through the streets ... read more

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So it has begun... Wellington on a Plate!!! This past weekend was the start of the Wellington food festival which takes place throughout the month of August. As I mentioned in a pervious blog I signed up to volunteer for BEERVANA, which is a two day beerfest with four, four hour long sessions. I volunteered for the Friday night session from 5-10. As a volunteer I had to work one session and then I got to attend a session for free with twenty free beer tokens. On Friday I walked down to Beervana which was being held in our Rugby stadium, with three of my friends. Upon arrival I got assigned to the Canterbury Bar. Before the doors opened at six all the bar tenders had to taste the beers that they would be handling, lucky ... read more