Home stretch
Well, this is it. Leaving the Land of the Long White Cloud. As much as this is a great country, I’m more than ready to get home, even if it’s cold there. Here’s my itinerary. I’m going to try to get an earlier flight into Minneapolis, so it may change slightly. Air NZ 464 – [...]
Brief Update
Just a quick note today. If you are waiting at the Boerger household, my apologies for not calling during the shower yesterday. I have a case of sore muscles, sunburn, and blistered feet from 18 hours of tramping this weekend. It was well worth all of those things and as soon as I get my [...]
South Island, Day 1
Man, I’m blogging up a storm!! Actually, I realized that I have so many pictures that I need to start posting them before I’m totally swamped. And the weekend trip Chris and I have planned will certainly result in many more pictures (more on that later). So on to the second weekend that Gretchen and [...]
Wairarapa, Day 2
On to day 2 of the first weekend Gretchen and I had together here in New Zealand. If you’re just tuning in, the weekend was north of Wellington in the Wairarapa Valley. After doing winery tours and tasting the day before, we were game to drive the countryside and check out a place called Castlepoint [...]
Martinborough, Day 1
As you all know, Gretchen was able to come out to New Zealand for about 10 days. Even though I had to work during the week, we managed to have 2 very nice weekends and also had some very nice evenings and dinners. On top of that, Gretchen was able to explore Wellington pretty thoroughly [...]