Category Archives: New Zealand Revisited

Up at 6 this morning! Judith had coffee and toast ready for me, as well as a small packed lunch! We said our goodbyes and Ross drove me to the station in his BMW. Red sky in the morning…. The … Continue reading →

Judith had a meeting this morning in the city and dropped me at the Art Gallery for a couple of hours and we arranged to meet 12.15 at the Museum nearby. The Art Gallery is a modern stylish building opened … Continue reading →

I have just made a few notes here along the six hour journey to Christchurch as the wifi was intermittent on the bus so updating the blog was not easy and I frustratingly kept losing big chunks, so decided to … Continue reading →

Not a bad night’s sleep, according to my sleep monitor app!  A cup of coffee in the garden while I devise a plan for the day.  I was delighted with The Villa guest house.  Clean, smart with quite quaint features. … Continue reading →

We said our goodbyes to Leigh and Dan as they headed off back up to Taupo.  Thanks so much for bringing me down to Gilly’s Leigh. Gill and I sat and chatted about travels – such kindred spirits!  The time … Continue reading →

We all enjoyed a hearty breakfast together before Leigh and Dan went off to meet up with Craig.  Gilly and I got the bus into the city which was easy as we didn’t have to think about parking. It was … Continue reading →

We left Taupo for Wellington, and the next stage of my adventure, around 1pm – Leigh, Dan and I. Dan and Leigh planned to meet up with Dan’s son, Craig, who lives in Wellington. We were going to stay a … Continue reading →

A fairly quiet day in Wembley Place.  Dan showed me his fish and, in particular, his turtles which were babies when I was here before.  Now they are huge and quite tame.  I hope to do a painting of one … Continue reading →

……and before you ask, no it wasn’t the Tongariro! Leigh was attending one of her conferences, this time in Tauranga, and invited me along for the ride and to visit a new city in The Bay of Plenty. We left … Continue reading →

Day off from blog…. more tomorrow.