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Sometimes do not work out. Instead of leaving Rotorua and flying to Wellington at 1015, we ended up flying out around 1630. I could go into the long drawn out…

Today's adventure consists of a float plane ride to see Orakei Korako and then visit the Mitai Village for a Maori performance and traditional hangi meal. Gammy decided to sleep…

no (s...) here we are in the very nice van again, this time with a very large driver, so lively and quick, we knew in a moment it must be......Harry!…

A rainbow finally appeared Last Supper in Auckland October 9th-Dinner for this our final supper (10.9) in Auckland was toasties and salad. Sorry, Dotty about getting you with the eyes…

Today was a free day and it was raining. So we took it slow. Some slept in, some worked on blogs catching you up, some made all of us breakfast,…

In Russell we got to enjoy some local brews from the surrounding area.  Waikato Draught  🍺🍺🍺🍺 Lion Beer Group (Australia and New Zealand) Bitters hold a special place in my heart.…

Today, October 8th, we leave Russell for Auckland. Our good friend Tatsio, who drove us from the KeriKeri airport to Russell is picking us up and driving us down. He…

Sweet Jacque at the front desk came upstairs at 7 to tell us Salt Air was trying to reach us. Somehow my phone was on silent, maybe because we were…

The birthplace of New Zealand. I would be remiss if I did not recognize Callie and Uncle John's birthday🎂 on this post. Although when we went to the Treaty Grounds,…

The grass is green, the rain comes and goes, the flowers are beautiful! This post will mostly be pictures of all the flowers we have taken in the Russell area,…