Our grand tour

Heute ist vor allem Fahren angesagt, aber zum Glück gibt es lohnenswerte Stopps auf dem Weg… 1. Die Huka Fälle: Der Waikato ist Neuseelands längster Fluss und fließt normalerweise gemächlich und auf bis zu 100 Metern Breite vom Lake Taupō…

The holy Maori lake and an ideal place to stay, swim and relax. We had small little campsite, quite filthy but nice campers. It’s so nice to not have to pack everything up the next day, leave the car where…

Yeeees, today the boys got a break from us and visa versa. They could spend the day with Kim’s children Nicolai (8) and Annalie (7) and Bill and I enjoyed another day in Napier, the Art Deco town. As half…

Back to the 30s in Napier…

A perfect day for the beach: sunny and hot with a light breeze. We met John and Chris’s daughter Kim with her two kids and another boy, so we had great company, bodyboards and especially for Anik’s delight, a cricket…

After a day in Levin where we cleaned up McKelve’s commemorative garden it was once again time to say goodbye. It was harder this time as we knew we wouldn’t come back 😢. But at least Mr Poop would join…

Heute werden wir mehr über Neuseeland und die Maori lernen. Wenn das nicht anschaulicher Unterricht ist! Und zwar im Te Papa-Museum in Wellington. Bisschen Kultur muss auch mal sein. Und anschließend noch ein Spaziergang durch die Hauptstadt Wellington.

Yes, hello! But that also means goodbye South Island, goodbye Roland and Myriam and your cosy house and goodbye Nelson, you lovely town. We will miss you – except the sandflies ni! We had a Bilbo and the dwarfs swim…

Did f*** all. We enjoyed the morning with Roland and Myriam before they headed off on a long weekend. We were allowed to stay here for another day. Jippey, a house all to ourselves. Used the time to do home…

Ahhh, I slept well on the proper mattress, a cosy pillow in Bill and my own room. The four of us headed off to Abel Tasman National Park today for a day tour. On the way there our car died…