Adventuriety / Inspirietry
On that fateful hike over a year ago when Scott and I decided to dust off our dream of a year of travel with our kids and actually attempt to make it a reality, our conversation went in many directions with a lot of interrupting and laughing and excitement about the adventure that might be waiting for us. One of things we really laughed about was...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
We spent five nights in Christchurch and it was a bit of a fugue. We were all tired and because of the devastating earthquakes in the area in 2010 and 2011, holiday apartments are few and far between. Scott found us a great place though, it was just a bit out in the middle of the suburbs. The Christchurch experience turned out fine though, the internet...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
There is a lot to see in New Zealand, so much to see in fact that you just have to accept that you won’t see a fraction of it, even at a hectic pace. You can hit the highlights of course, but even the highlights are vast. There is also a lot of driving to be done on the two island country that is a...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Oberammergau, Germany, has forever spoiled us in the cute little village department and we continuously seek its charm in small towns on our travels. We decided to spend four nights in Hokitika, a tiny beach enclave on the West Coast of New Zealand, and a name I cannot seem to spell, no matter how many times I type it and maybe that is because I cannot pronounce it correctly either....
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
I am definitely growing this year. Of course, you think, but to me it is not always evident. I spend a lot of time either catching up, scrambling up, holding on, looking away or biting my tongue and I sometimes resort to cursing or crying (alone of course because they are far ahead, re-climbing the hard part for fun and waiting for me). Don’t misunderstand,...
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Inspirietry
Picture taking and posing for pictures has been a topic for debate in this family. Sometimes it is a heated debate but that is not what this blog is about. These New Zealand hikes are kicking my butt and in an attempt to not be very far behind everyone, I have surrendered the camera to Scott, usually with the hope that he will take some pictures...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
We left the magical Bay of Islands and drove towards Waipoua State Forest, another place that we had visited years ago. The kids have seen our giant California trees, but we wanted them to see New Zealand’s behemoths, the Kauri trees. photo by Grant A major threat to the Kauri, identified in 2008, is kauri dieback, a disease caused by a fungus-like water mold that attacks...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
None of us are die hard sports fans. Scott loves playing basketball, he played high school basketball and a year of college basketball and now he plays with the kids in the front yard. He likes watching sports on TV occasionally, he’s even been talking about eating potato chips and watching Monday Night Football when we get home. He usually knows what’s going on in...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Today was definitely a day for the books. It was like we fell down the rabbit hole early in the morning and didn’t emerge all day long until after a late dinner. We took a tour of Pompeii our first full day in Sorrento and our tour guide recommended the Path of the Gods or Sentiero degli Dei along the Amalfi Coast. Scott did a...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
We visited Pompeii today. I am learning a lot lately about all kinds of things, one of them being history, and the other is that sometimes a good tour guide makes all of the difference. When we planned our trip to Italy part of the draw was the historical smorgasbord. The kids are both studying World History, which I seemed to have missed in school,...
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