19.08.2014 Unfortunately just a quickie this time round to wrap up our Mallorca-weekend… Some people decide to get a tattoo as a permanent memory. I personally think that very old school, so I opted for a scar. Well, didn’t really opt, but I started the morning falling down the stairs to the pool. Exciting. […]
TRAVEL
Mallorca Day 3: Stodgy Spanish omelette and friends
18.08.2014 Yesterday was beach-day, today was shopping-day. Five years ago we discovered, by accident again, our new favourite clothes shop Blanco – basically a more colourful Spanish H&M. Then, H bought a pair of red boots for ten or twenty euros, and I bought a pair of yellow ones, and here was the result. The […]
Mallorca Day 2: Illetes, mistranslations and pelican-cocktails!
17.08.2014 Today was the day for ILLETES 🙂 Tell you about Illetes? Ok.“Mainly frequented by independent travellers, part of its charm lies in the fact that it is largely undiscovered by package tourists. Mainly populated by 4* hotels, holidays are not a cheap option here and will appeal in the main to professional couples […]
The Real Spain-Holiday Sequel: Mallorca Day 1
Intoxicated and far too numerous English and German tourists fighting over who can first reserve the hotel beach loungers with their beach towels. That is Palma de Mallorca according to the most recent news article I read. On a happier note, it was also the destination for me and two of besties, H and H-le, […]
NZ TOP 5 (summary times)
KIA ORA FANS Today is the 131st day anniversary (daiversary?) of me leaving NZ. (Don’t trust my maths too much tho…) Well, coincidentally 131 is one of the best numbers in the world so it seems like a good moment to finally do my New Zealand-summary-entry ready for future new travelly entries! As I […]
SKY TOWER
Hello awesome peoples, This may or may not be the final blog entry for now, but don’t worry, it’ll be good, since it was the day of THE SKY TOWEEEEEEERRR. So, yesterday (the 2nd) started off with an AMAZING brekkie at Hollywood Café in the centre of Northcote. CC had Eggs Hollandaise and I had […]
Christmas and New Year in Kiwiland!
Happy 2014!! Our ‘proper’ Christmas celebration was on the 28th with CC’s family and 30-odd relatives. A full, hectic day (we did Sheepworld in the morning, got home, and the first visitors came within ten minutes of getting back – we were held up due to a traffic accident – saw my first ever rescue […]
SHEEPWORLD
Baaaaaaaa, Welcome to Christmas Part 2. And Sheepworld. Especially Sheepworld. Because I LOVED Sheepworld. (Edit: Or, actually JUST Sheepworld. It seemed to need its whole own entry. :P) Yesterday morning (the 28th) CC and I drove to Sheepworld, 20mins away from Wellsford. Sheepworld is… a world of sheep. And of many other farm animals, who […]
POHUTAKAWA
means bless you in Maori. No it doesn’t really. I’ve just been having serious problems trying to come up with a title for this. Ok so Christmas special-time. HAPPY CHRISTMAS. This is my favourite tree in NZ, the Pohutakawa, also known as the ‘NZ Christmas tree’. GORGEOUS eh!? Our more ‘traditional’ Christmas will be tomorrow […]
Climbing Rangitoto the volcano
Hello my preciouses, So, Saturday we went to explore Rangitoto Island. A volcanic island in the Hauraki gulf, 5.5km wide island, an iconic and widely visible landmark of Auckland with a distinctive symmetrical 260 m-high shield volcano cone. (Ta wikipedia!) One of the main naturey tourist attractions of the Auckland area. After a scrumptious home-cooked […]