Monthly Archives: February 2020

Right, first things first, we got the Maori greeting spelling wrong in the last blog, so that’s been corrected in the title of this one which means ‘Hi, good day’ (Kia Ora), ‘Welcome’ (Nau Mai). So from now on, we … Continue reading →

Ok, as we said before, after visiting the Hobbiton site, we got back on the boat and set sail for Auckland, where we got off the ship and headed for our hotel, The Grand Mercure, just a very short walk … Continue reading →

Well, after wetting your appetite, we hope you are all looking forward to seeing some Hobbit’s in this version of the blog. In fact, we are offering a prize to the first responder who replies and is successful in seeing … Continue reading →

“Didn’t we ought to do some more of the blog”  “sure, shall we have a G&T first?”  “No, we will not be able to type anything that makes sense if we do 😂😂”  “We don’t write anything that makes sense … Continue reading →

Well, as we said in the last blog, we have now left the land of the Aussie’s and have set off to New Zealand, but what we forgot to say was how far we had travelled in this vast country. … Continue reading →