Where we have been
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On Saturday we take it slowly. There is still the update of the homepage pending, Markus wanted to do that for a long time. It was just too confusing, now special highlights can be displayed at the top and you can directly select a post, also the loading of the pages is a bit faster. […]
Today culture is on the program, we visit the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is a combination of Maori culture and a war memorial, the world wars are still a theme here. We were also able to attend a Maori performance here. We set off on foot so that yesterday’s calories don’t hit too much. […]
With Charly from Foodcraft we are going on a tour through Auckland today. We are picked up at 9.3o a.m. and drive out of the city. In the end there are seven different stations with 16 dishes. We get along very well with Charly, no wonder we all love good food, time flies and we […]
From Wãnaka to Queenstown it is an hour to drive, the view of the mountains is not to be sneezed at. The places shown as ski resorts are rather small by Swiss or Tyrolean standards. We have a quiet flight to Auckland and are already at the hotel after noon. The weather is fine and […]
Franz Josef Glacier There has been a heavy thunderstorm all night and before we make our way to Haast, we drive into the valley. As so often before, we are lucky and can walk up to the viewpoint and now also see the Franz Josef Glacier. Fox Glacier The drive continues on the HW6 and […]
So far we have always been lucky with the weather, but now the disturbance over New Zealand is very big. We get to Franz Josef still dry, in the evening it starts to rain and has not stopped all day. Glacier? Nothing, we don’t see anything. Tomorrow we will continue south along the coast.
The connecting road from Christchurch to Greymouth leads over Arthur’s Pass. The TranzAlpine Train also passes through here. From Greymouth it is 100 km, at the beginning mainly along the Taramakau River. Towards the end it becomes a pass with a 17% gradient. On the viewpoint to the Otira Viaduct, there are very cheeky Kea […]
From Blenheim on the east coast to Greymouth on the west coast it is about 5 hours to drive, with the two places we still wanted to see, so we set off in the morning. The weather is ideal, there is no traffic and we make good progress. In New Zealand there are many single-lane […]
In the Marlborough area, Blenheim is the starting point, there are a lot of large wineries here. The very large steel vats make the charm of a winery fade a bit. It’s clear here, there’s not much going on here, they all want to cart you to the wineries. On the way to Greymouth, we […]
Kaikoura is only a two-hour drive, it is an Eldorado for wildlife watching. After arriving at the motel we drive to the sea lion colony. There are so many animals, where to look first? Again a viewpoint, of course we have to go up there. The brown dots are the sea lions. Dusky Dolphins We […]
