This week’s small pleasures: 486

With daffodils and tulips popping up all around, frilly blossom gracing the trees and birds chirruping loudly every morning, spring … More

Postcards from Lübeck 2

The weather changed completely after we stopped for lunch, with the sun coming out and the temperatures rising. We had … More

For our first Sunday in Hamburg, we decided to jump on the S-train and head over to Jenischpark and Flottbektal … More

I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before (Bill Bryson) Now we have our … More

We took Friday off and drove over the Remutaka Hills for a couple of nights away in Greytown. For some … More

As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc), … More

It is Monday evening, the sun is shining and I am home for work, welcomed by a very happy Charlie. … More

This week’s small pleasures should be subtitled ‘the Auckland edition’ because the focus this week is our weekend trip to Auckland.

A short drive from Queenstown, lies Arrowtown, an historic town sitting on the Arrow River.

It is hard to believe it is already half way through January already. Holidays seem far away and the daily … More