After years of dreaming about a trip to New Zealand, it was finally coming to fruition. The hours of researching, building itineraries, booking accommodations and activities was about to become a reality. To this date, this was by far the biggest and longest vacation we had ever taken and took a lot of planning to [...]
Tag: New Zealand
Cinema Paradiso – A New (but old) Style of Movie Theater
"Why would you see a movie on vacation?" While having breakfast with some of the other guests at the Crosshill geo domes, a couple told us about their evening checking out the local movie theater. Now seeing a movie while on vacation isn’t normally something we’d do, however based on their recommendations, we just had [...]
Wellington to Twizel & places in between
Our crossover from the North to South Island Our Wellington stopover was a quick 24 hours so we tried to see as much as we could while we were there. We rode the cable car to the summit for the views of the city, walked the waterfront to Queen’s Wharf and lively Cuba Street that [...]
“Adventure of a Lifetime” – Coldplay
“I did something crazy…” This is how I told Jason I bought concert tickets to see Coldplay in New Zealand a year out. I can’t fail to mention that I didn’t tell him I bought these tickets until 2 weeks after I’d already purchased them, knowing that if for some reason he decided he didn’t [...]
Sky couch New Zealand Air
We flew out on Air New Zealand and decided to try out their sky couch option. Basically you purchase a row of 3 seats and they fold out into a couch and include a pad, blanket and pillows. Idea: 10/10 for a 13 hour flight when sleeping is a challenge Value: 6/10 as it’s MUCH [...]