This week’s small pleasures #141 or a week in New Caledonia part 1

Coming to you a day late instead of a day early this week, as we arrived back from our trip to New Caledonia almost 2 hours later than we should have done.

Copenhagen…or our travels to Europe part 2

From Stockholm, we moved south to Copenhagen, a city I lived in for eight and a half years. It is … More

Islands surrounded by water…or our travels to Europe part 1

As I mentioned in my last post, we are just back from our trip to Europe. I thought I would … More

This week’s small pleasures #86

Here we are again with the small pleasures of the week. It is back to shorts weather, I am glad … More

This week’s small pleasures #84

Here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures involving food, plants and a surprise. Dinner, … More

This week’s small pleasures #80

As another week starts, it is time to look back on the small pleasures of the past week. The weather … More

A New Year

New Zealand is one of the first countries to welcome in the new year, so for us, all the festivities … More

Being a tourist in your own city: Thorndon village

When you live somewhere, you often take a lot of things for granted. I sometimes forget how privileged I am to be able to walk to work through the Botanic Gardens and part of Thorndon on my way to work.