Our grand tour

Arrowtown is an old gold mining town with a big Chinese community. It still has it’s old school flair and felt like a bit of a time warp. Our car managed steep serpentines, although smelling awfully burnt after that. I…

Queenstown: a town with lots of memories for Bill, as he spent a few weeks here 17 years ago. For me it was like Oberstdorf on a summer day. Full of tourists and touristy shops in the mountains, just a…

Here we come again! Enjoyed the drive and stops on the way back.

A perfect sunny day for the top of the top 10 to do in New Zealand. Milford Sound which is a fjord and not sound. We were a bit worried if the car would manage the steep road, but Bill…

After we decided not to go to Milford Sound (too touristy, takes too long of a detour, not worth without going for a decent hike…) we headed off to…. Milford Sound. Yes, all the reasons not to go couldn’t change…

Went to sleep at a campsite and woke up on a lake. It had rained all night and didn’t look as if it wanted to stop soon. Luckily the tent wasn’t drowned. Just at the edge. But there was no…

Somewhere in nowhere… It’s a tiny village with charm. Mad windy today and we decide to stay here for the day and rest as we have a great little camp ground with clean and hot showers, a well equipped kitchen…

It’s raining it’s pouring, the old man is snoring and we are spending the day in the Bill Richardson Transport Museum in Invercargill, because there is nothing else to do. But it turns out to be great fun and it…

We have to get back into the car. My mood is rotten already, but the car seems to be doing well. Maybe, because we drive with open windows and full heating or it just needed a rest like we did.…

Nothing exciting happened at all. Stayed in, relaxed, read, played, had too much food. Just a lazy day, except for Anik who did a math test, and a really short walk.