by Kristin Echols | Feb 21, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
While walking about downtown Dunedin, we admired the street art. There are 25+ works on the Dunedin Street Art Trail, and here are a few. http://dunedinstreetart.com/
by Kristin Echols | Feb 21, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
I was probably a little harsh about the B&B last night. We got up this morning and Norman and Stephanie had prepared a lovely “Kiwi Lite” breakfast for us. It is their take on the continental breakfast, but Norman said he can’t call it that if...
by Kristin Echols | Feb 20, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
Today was a driving day, Christchurch to Oamaru. Once again lots of beautiful countryside, green rolling hills, agriculture, sheep, cattle and hecka hedges. The drive was mostly inland, but we stopped at the seaside port town of Timaru for lunch. Considering we booked...
by Kristin Echols | Feb 18, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
There are about a billion different adventure activities you can sign up for in New Zealand. Unfortunately, many of them involve great heights which are not my thing. Why jump off a perfectly stable bridge, building, mountain, etc.? However, today we found earth-based...
by Kristin Echols | Feb 18, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
We started the day in Kaikoura with a quick stop at the local patchwork shop. A Patch of Country is a cute little house packed with quilting fabric and supplies, yarn and knitting patterns and handmade children’s clothing. I was picking through the New Zealand...
by Kristin Echols | Feb 17, 2016 | New Zealand, Travel
We left Nelson in the pouring rain this morning. Just one more variable to add to driving on the left, crazy road signs, logging trucks, one lane bridges, and roundabouts. Shawn safely maneuvered us through it all to arrive safely in Blenheim in the Marlborough wine...
