I’ve been living by Lake Taupo since January and I can’t imagine a better place to spend a relaxing 6 month honeymoon. My husband and I have really enjoyed touring the country, hiking, kayaking and just relaxing in our home while we stared at the lovely lake. Here are 10 of my favorite things about [...]
We went to the Rotorura Zoo yesterday and had a fantastic time. Going to zoos in different countries is always exciting because you never know what to expect. In the US zoos have common themes and rules, but in other countries you might get closer to a wild animal or be able to feed some [...]
I’ve been living in New Zealand since mid January and I left home on December 24th, so I’m getting a little homesick. In addition to missing irreplaceable things – like my family, friends and mother-in-law’s cat, I’m also missing some random things that just made Florida nice. Please enjoy my humorous post about things I [...]
How much do you spend on a weeks worth of groceries?
I’ve always hated that question. In the U.S. groceries prices went up in 2008 and 2009 so a frequent water-cooler discussion was the cost of food. I remember a co-working asking how much Paul and I spent in groceries a week and I had no [...]
Now that summer is over and the weather is cooler, I am watching a lot more New Zealand TV. We only have 3 channels, so it isn’t as if there is much to watch, but I turn it on anyway, as a sort of companion while I do other things.
Unfortunately, a little relaxing TV time [...]
We went to The 2010 Great New Zealand Muster in Te Kuiti on Saturday. There was an entire festival and a sheep shearing competition surrounding the ‘Running of the Sheep’, but that was the only part we were interested in seeing. We arrived about an hour before the sheep parade, walked around the festival, bought [...]