I was lucky enough to receive three new cook books for Christmas, Two of the books are in Swedish, which … More
Tag: holiday
This week’s small pleasures #316 or the Hawke’s Bay edition
I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More
Time for travel: Wellington to Napier
As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc), … More
Words on Wednesday: Elephant Hill
On the last day of our short trip up to Hawke’s Bay, we went over to Elephant Hill winery. Founded … More
The holiday ends…
We are now back in Wellington after a lovely few days up in Hawke’s Bay. On Tuesday, we spent some … More
Words on Wednesday: Dunedin indoors (the trip part 5)
It seems ages since we had our short trip to Dunedin: we are back at work and daily life goes … More
Wordless Wednesday: Streets of Dunedin
It is back to Dunedin for this week’s Wordless Wednesday. Captions on the pictures You can find Thistles and Kiwis … More
Birds aplenty: the Royal Albatross Centre
I have always been fascinated by albatrosses. With their size, ability to fly long distances and their sometimes comical take-offs … More
Words on Wednesday: Port Chalmers
As I sat down to map out blog posts on our recent holiday, I struggled to think how to structure them and what to do in what order. It has taken a bit of work but I have decided to do three more posts after today: one on the Royal Albatross Centre, one on ‘things to do indoors’ and one on street art. Hope you will come along for the journey.
A trip to Dunedin (part one)
We are just back today from a short trip down to Dunedin, the ‘Edinburgh of the South’ and the second … More
Thistles and Kiwis 