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Living in New Zealand: September 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Sunday, September 24, 2006. Day Trip Wellington - Lake Ferry (Wairarapa). This chapter of this site will be a suggestion for a nice day trip from Wellington to Lake Ferry in the Wairarapa. Maybe you will be in the neighbourhood one day to enjoy this trip. Leave Wellington via the Highway. Take Highway 2 in the direction of the Hutt Valley. On the way out of the valley you will pass a look out point. Here you will get marvellous views on Wellington Harbour and the Hutt Valley. If yo...
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Living in New Zealand: November 2005
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Living in New Zealand. Tuesday, November 15, 2005. During our holiday in 2004 we really found Paradise . I will explain later in this chapter. We stayed for a couple of days in a motel in Wanaka. Wanaka is a little village on the shore of Lake Wanaka. Surrounded by mountains and you can imagine that this is a fairy tale environment, especially if the mountains are covered by snow and the sky is blue. Near the Cardrona Hotel it seems like they live still in the beginning of the 19th century. You can visit...
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Living in New Zealand: November 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Sunday, November 26, 2006. I attached the official photos of our meet and greet with the royal couple. They were indeed very friendly and interested. It was a great experience. Posted by Bea at 10:20 PM. Wednesday, November 15, 2006. It is hard to compare two cities but in this web log I will just give it a try. Left: Ferry Building Auckland. For shopping there are definitely more possibilities in Auckland. I did not really go shopping but Parnell, New Market and Ponsonby looke...
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Living in New Zealand: May 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Monday, May 01, 2006. The stories on the blog so far are mainly about the great nature of New Zealand. But the way I celebrated my birthday this year gave me the inspiration for this chapter. Thereby not forgetting my old friends, of course. I asked myself this question quite often. Luckily I can say that it was quite easy to meet nice people. So I can say, I gained a nice group of new friends. I do like to custom of every one bringing something to eat and a bottle of their own pre...
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Living in New Zealand: August 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Sunday, August 20, 2006. Here is a short story, written by John-Paul, about a long weekend spent in Sydney. Enjoy. Bea and I arrived back home, Sunday evening around midnight, aftera very enjoyable three-days' weekend in Sydney, where we met one of my Dutch cousins (from Mom's side of the family) with her husband. They have been travelling through Oz and departed Sunday evening also, on their way back to The Netherlands. After that, the time was nearing five in the afternoon and we...
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Living in New Zealand: July 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Monday, July 24, 2006. Wellington Top 3 and visit Tauranga/Hamilton. After living a little over a year in New Zealand, I am/we are still very happy that we made this move. The last half-year had some ups and downs so we were not able to make as many trips as last year to explore more of the country, but living in Wellington gives opportunities enough to enjoy life. I started this chapter with mentioning that we were not able to make as many trips as last year. But two weeks ago...
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Living in New Zealand: December 2006
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Living in New Zealand. Sunday, December 17, 2006. Trip "up North", North Island, December 2006. This post is written by John-Paul. We found it time to go on a real holiday. Not just a long weekend to a town or city or only seeing friends and/or family; not a work trip; but a real "get away from it all". So we prepared ourselves. New Zealand exist, in the middle of the ocean, because here two tectonic plates collide with each. Monday around noon, we drove in the direction or Rotorua, only an hour's drive ...
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Living in New Zealand: September 2005
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Living in New Zealand. Sunday, September 18, 2005. A brief history and introduction. Since we have moved to New Zealand at the end of February 2005, I wrote our adventures and everyday live stories at a Dutch website. But since we have more and more friends who are not able to read Dutch, I have decided that it is time to create an english website as well. We had planned to go to New Zealand for a six week holiday. Departure date 30 October 2004. Now we are already more than six months in Wellington....