I am SO overdue writing about this amazing experience we had on the South Island of NZ but I wanted to give it it’s own post, so special was the day. And I have been a little time strapped since then, wandering through that country and New Caledonia as I have been. Okay. I’ll be …
I know, I know, I should have written this before I left NZ this morning (insert tears here) but time continued to get away on me as it did for the entire 6 and a half weeks I was there. Fueled by your interest in my last post, here are some more observations on how …
One of the wonderful things about travel is experiencing how other cultures differ from our own so I thought you might appreciate reading about some of the differences between Canada and New Zealand as per our observations….. Ok, so first off, we have been in umpteen towns and cities and unless one is at …
I almost, almost, welcome travel days because I know we will be in the car semi-resting because when we have landed wherever we have landed wowzer, we are going to be all go, go, go! I am including a map of the North Island so you have some sense of where we are and …
It is hard to believe but we are in our final 2 weeks in New Zealand; we have seen a tremendous amount of this country, so much so that parts of it are a bit of a blur as I strain my brain to remember places and scenery from a month ago. We researched today; …
It was 4 weeks ago today I said goodbye to sweet Baby Nina and headed off on my Down Under adventures. Oh man. It was so hard leaving her, knowing she was going to change so much in the months we were separated. It seemed like I could actually feel a little piece of my …
I didn’t have a lot of expectations before coming to New Zealand; I hoped to see sheep, taste wine at small local wineries, do some hiking and see beautiful scenery. Check, check, check, and check. What I didn’t know was how good the food would be. And remember, we aren’t doing fancy. We did have …
There is no question that a trip like this takes money; airfare alone is expensive so getting to and from this part of the world takes a good chunk out of a travel budget. So how are the active retirees making it work you might be curious to know. Here are some insights on that …
The retired travel and lifestyle adventures continue…… Today was the last of our three days in Queenstown; after having explored a lot of the shops yesterday we decided to get out of town and go for a hike. As it turns out, a long hike….. almost 20 km, exposed to the sun and heat with …
The retired travelers have moved a little further to Queenstown, in the dramatic Southern Alps. I wasn’t expecting this but it is a real adventure town; home of the original bungy jump where that is still an option but so are many other adrenaline inducing activities like skydiving, both solo and tandem and from a …