There’s one thing not to miss once you’ve got your teeth into Abel Tasman National Park: the split apple rock. It’s not exactly at the…

As it has been wet all week and didn’t seem to lighten up we decided to have a little road trip to a nice recreation…

Curiosity kills the cat! And it almost got to me this time, but luckily I picked a thing I came to like over the last…

Another Saturday’s Nelson Market, we just love it. It has a very oldfashioned way (and there are also many old things to find) but also…

Some impressions of our daily (indoors) life at Motueka – The girls in the morning: Last minute reading and hairstyling. Playing on the street near the…

Last week has been all grey and rainy, especially in the nightly hours which brought up a slight camping feeling (in the merely insulated houses…

It’s a bit like being in love with someone. The first months are the most exciting, everything is new and you experience an euphory that…

The drive back to Takaka brought us straight to Collingwood, because all of us tend to get a little bit edgy when not fed well.…

The idea was to do a little walk and to visit the historic Salisbury swing bridge near Bainham. To our regret, we found no bridge…

The springs were recommended to us, especially als a walk with children. And it is a really beautiful spot where a whole river arises spontanously…