Dunedin, NZ Nothing really exciting happened today (unless you call doing laundry exciting). Dan’s got a little bit of a cold — don’t worry he doesn’t have swine flu symptoms — so we decided to make today a down day. Basically we layed around, wathed movies, cooked some yummy meals, and did laundry. It was [...]
Dunedin, NZ We had two very fun excursions today that were both absolutely FREE (and you know we love free)! First, we walked to the “Dunedin Botanic Garden.” It was beautiful – absolutely worth the cost to get in . . . wait . . . it was free (but it was still very much [...]
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Dunedin, NZ We got up this morning and headed straight for the Otago Farmer’s Market located next to Dunedin’s railway station (about a 5 minute walk from where we are staying). The place was hopping! We really enjoyed walking around, seeing the different vendors, sampling several tasty products, and (who could resist) purchasing some of [...]
We were successful in uploading a short penguin video we shot with our camera onto YouTube. Watch as the penguin hops up onto the sandbank to join his pals.
Dunedin, NZ Today’s adventure was really amazing. It’s probably our favorite thing we’ve done so far in New Zealand. We booked a 6 hour tour with Elm Wildlife Tours. A tour van picked us up in the city center of Dunedin and we took a beautiful 45 minute drive out to the Otago Peninsula. We [...]
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Dunedin, NZ Today we splurged a bit and purchased tickets for the Taieri Gorge railway. Construction of this railway was begun in 1879, but because of the tough terrain and the economic depression during those years in New Zealand, it took 10 years to open the first section. It wasn’t officially completed until 1921. In [...]
Dunedin, NZ It was raining again today. You may be wondering the same thing we were — does it always rain in New Zealand? We’ve asked several people, and the answer is always the same: we’ve had unusual amounts of rain the past week (lucky us). However, we decided to make the most of it [...]
Dunedin, NZ We left Auckland and the north island today in order to head to the south island. We decided it might be best to visit the south island early on in our trip since New Zealand is heading into winter (it’s the opposite of the US – it’s colder in the south and warmer [...]
Auckland, NZ Today we made a second attempt to visit the Auckland Museum. (You may remember that the last time we tried to go they had a power outage due to weather and were closed.) When we arrived at the museum today we were thankful to find out that they were indeed open to the [...]
Auckland, NZ Today we ventured into the Auckland suburb of Mt. Albert. First we attended church services at Mt. Albert Baptist Church. The church service was remarkably similar to our church services in the U.S. We even sang a lot of the same songs — except maybe with a New Zealand accent! Service at Mt. [...]