Our grand tour

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…

Heute geht’s nach Nelson. Ein Ziel, das jeder von uns entgegensehnt. Warum? Weil wir hier für ein paar Tage bei einem deutschen Paar unterkommen können. Ich hatte sie im Gymnasium Sonthofen bei einer Veranstaltung kennengelernt und fand sie auf Anhieb…

Greymouth isn’t as grey as its name anymore as the sun is shining again. Don’t want to leave my bed though, it’s too comfortable. By the time we leave the hostel it’s already one o’clock. After a short stroll through…

This morning, fresh and adventurous we decided to have a proper look at a glacier. As Franz-Josef is bigger and on our route, that’s the one. Clouds were slowly building up and the forecast was awful. Nevertheless we hiked the…

It was a long drive to Fox Glacier. For a short bit we were back at the Tasman Sea. We arrived at about six o’clock at the car park and couldn’t be bothered to walk the two kilometers to the…