baking cookies

log #24 – Christmas

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January 11th 2011
Blog #24 – Christmas This was our third Christmas away from the North, and each time it seems a little less strange. The usual preparations (scaled down) took place: baking cookies, bringing home and decorating a tree, singing carols while Emily played guitar, talking to family on the phone. Christmas Day was sunny and calm and we spent most of it at the beach (as did our various neighbours) swi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more