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Instead of hiking the ten miles to Roy’s Peak, we decided to go on five little hikes to break up our longer drive. We were still fighting off some low level colds and just didn’t have a long hike in us. We left from Wanaka after getting the obligatory flat white and pie. The drive […]
We stayed the night in a little cabin in a campground. At some point Chris woke up in the middle of the night and was able to not only see a possum (invasive and ruining everything) but also the Southern Cross. This is an important constellation, typically only seen in the Southern Hemisphere of the […]
One of the biggest recommendations the New Zealand Government (and us) has for driving safely is: don’t rent a car the day after you get to New Zealand. You just do not have the bandwidth to drive when you’re jet lagged and sleep deprived. Spend some days with your feet on the ground (or in […]
We originally planned to bungee (or bungy if you use the spelling the guy invented it used) on day 6 but the company, AJ Hackett, called and said they were filming that day. They were very accommodating at their in-person shop to reschedule us not only for a new day but to take their shuttle […]
We left at 8pm from Houston and arrived in Auckland around 5 am two days later. The International Date Line is a jerk. We went through security (make absolutely sure you declare any and all foods, you will get an on the spot $400 fine – we didn’t get one but people do). We tried […]
Without any specific order: Adrift (Steven Callahan) [book, travel memoir] If you think you’re having a bad time trapped at home imagine being stuck in a tiny rubber dinghy for 76 days. This really happened to Steven Callahan in 1981. The beginning is a little slow or just maybe a little philosophical about why the […]
It’s that time of year again. All the things we could’ve blogged about but didn’t because it wasn’t long enough, or we were busy, or whatever. What have we been up to? What haven’t we been up to? We leave in exactly 10 days and we are not handling it very well. Our days are spent skulking […]
Tostada is toast. But it is so much more than toast. It’s a really good baguette toasted and served something delicious upon it. Every adult in Spain eats one at 11:30 and half the restaurants have punch cards buy-5-tostadas-get-one-free kind of deals. 1 is super cheap, you can get tostada and a coffee for 2.60 […]
As we said, we had been happy in Slovenia. So when it came time for us to leave we were less than happy. But at least we had our final destination to look forward to, Zagreb. We woke up super early to catch a bus. Our journey to Zagreb involved a bus to Ljubljana, then […]
Our final adventure in Slovenia was in and mostly around Kranjska Gora. It’s a fairly famous ski town and we had heard it was great for New Years Eve celebrations. Mostly we went to see the gorgeous Julian Alps. To clear it up -the Alps go over 8 countries and 750 miles (1,200 km). So […]