by guest blogger, Bridget How does this story begin? I guess, like many good novels, with a little research. I was trying to prepare myself for our month long trip to New Zealand, which I was excited for, but also a bit anxious. I was anxious because everyone who’s visited New Zealand spoke about how …
„I’m quoting The Lord of the Rings all day today.“ Bridget looks at me absolutely serious. We are on our way to Mount Sunday, a rather unknown hill on the south island. If you tell someone, that name definitely rings no bells. It would probably not even have a name if it didn’t play an …
„Why did we pick this as our first hike?“ Bridget asks, catching her breath after a long uphill section. I frown while trying to slow my heartbeat. „Because it was the first on our route?“ We are somewhere in the middle of the 1.100 meters in altitude we have to tackle today – uphill and …
Read more “First hike, hard hike [Avalanche Peak, 03.-05.01.2020]”
Sometimes it’s so easy to write about my travels and destinations and what happened. And sometimes it costs me hours of thinking and days of collecting enough to write something down. I enjoyed Wanaka and Queenstown a lot and it still was very hard to put some lines together. But enough self-pity, here we go: …
Read more “The “places to be” – Wanaka vs. Queenstown (NZ ~ 17.-25.10.2017)”
Leaving the wonderful Abel Tasman behind we continued our traveling southward along the West Coast. “We” being Michael and me. And it seemed that we would stick together at least until Queenstown. What we learned quickly about the West Coast is the high probability of rain and cloudy weather. One of the bus drivers talked …
Arrived on the South Island it was time for my first Great Walk and my first multi day self-sufficient (concerning food) hike – or tramp how New Zealanders call it. And during the days in the Abel Tasman National Park and Nelson I learned a lot of things. Actually we all learn a lot everyday …
Read more “Abel Tasman Coast Trek – or why sandflies are the worst (NZ ~ 05.-11.10.2017)”
I actually planned to pack the next stops of the trip together in one post but somehow my fingers refused to connect Wellington and the Abel Tasman National Park. So this is just a short excursion to the windiest capital in the world since I don’t have a real catching story to tell about it. …
In these first two weeks it was merely arriving in this beautiful country and trying to settle. I still have the feeling of “I have to do something. Go go, don’t waste time” in me. And it’s hard to get rid of it after years of functioning. So it seems that I have to start …
Read more “Auckland, Hamilton, Hobbiton and Taupo (NZ ~ 21.-01.10.2017)”