From Viviene’s B&B near the Redwoods, to the Waimang’i Volcanic Valley. Not very far physically, maybe a 45 minute drive. But whoa what a difference from a geologic perspective. We hiked a 4km trail from the main building/gift shop down…
Rotorua
First use of the rain gear this morning. We toured the Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley. Remember talking about how the WH letter combination is pronounced as F, well it turns out this is the start of the fun with letters.…
From Hot Water Beach to Hobbiton
Our day on Monday started extra early. About 2:26 am, no exactly 2:26 am the smoke detector fired off in the three story condo, bedroom on the third floor so you could get a view of the ocean, that served…
Firth of Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga and a Homemade Train
One thing we learned from our companion-guide-driver Alex is that we may never get the pronunciations of NZ locales right. They do have some special pronunciation rules, such as the Wh in a word like Whitianga, a lovely vacation city…
Auckland
First day in New Zealand, hereafter referred to as NZ. The air trip down from Dallas was long, but did not feel as long thanks to NZ Airlines Business Class. One of us, the one who is 5 foot 4…
New Zealand – Our First 2018 Adventure
We take off from DFW on January 10th and arrive in Auckland (via LAX) on January 12th! Not to worry, we get the “lost” day back on the return leg, when we arrive almost earlier than we leave.
Roma
Our last morning at Ercole was a chance to talk with Valentina, MariaGrazia, Nonna and Lelo one more time. Pictures were taken and Nonna instructed which lemons should picked from the tree to give to Bonnie as a parting gift.…
Mama Agata’s Day
THE one event in Amalfi that I was most excited about ever since we started planning the trip was our day at Mama Agata’s. It was a cooking demonstration, no actual cooking from the “guests” but lessons nonetheless from a…
Sunday in Amalfi
We had arranged for a full day driver/guide to take us around the region of the Amalfi Coast on Sunday. Having been on the roads around Amalfi once before, on a bus from the cruise ship, we knew we did…
The Road to Amalfi….Coast that is
We left Manarola on the 7:17 in the frickin morning train. It all had to do with connections. The quickest most direct train route from Cinque Terre to Naples, which was our termination train station for Amalfi, was through Rome.…
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