Our escape plans have been shattered by rain in the morning, and although it was easing soon we had a slow start into the day…

Unlike Christmas, which was kind of … hot to have in the middle of summertime, Easter feels utterly wrong in Autumn. Couldn’t say why, is…

It’s twilight-ish and cool in the mornings, very autumnally. Temperature is not falling drastically, during the day, the sun is still shining strong and we’re…

Can’t get tired of this charming little hippie town, it’s beautiful Pohara Beach :)  

After almost a year, there still are some places where we have never seen, like the Inlet Walk. If we haven’t had a date at…

The plants have changed rapidly now that the nights are cooler: The lupins are definitly done now, making place for chrysants. Our kitchen garden has…

When the kids go to bed, we tell each other what was the best and the worst of the day. To our surprise, Anna mentioned…

From the southwestern to the northern part of the inlet: The Sunday afternoon led us to the Kaihoka Lakes, dunes and beach. The amount of…

An evening without any television (the accomodation contains none) and no chocolate/sweets whatsoever (nothing left, the muesli bars had to stay for Sunday) – we…

After spending almost 8 months in NZ, sleeping in many different types of accomodations during our road trips, I was almost about to blog about…