Category Archives: The Wanderer

London, City of Wind and Honey

Oh how naive we were to send all our winter clothes to Canada and think we will not need winter jackets when we arrive back in London in March. It was cold and I know I shouldn’t complain considering we … Continue reading

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See you soon Brissy

We left Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. Before getting there it seemed that 6 months would be such a long time that we could even get bored. We were wrong. It was quite surprising how quickly we settled into … Continue reading

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Until we meet again

Next stop – Lady Elliot Island, Australia It has been a month since we returned from my first trip to the most southern point of the Great Barrier Reef. It was a trip of many firsts, my first time staying … Continue reading

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Thank you 2012!

Current stop – Brisbane It has been quite easy to embrace Brisbane as our current home for the past three months and for the next two. Aided by family support we quickly embraced yet another transition within this year. I … Continue reading

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Treasure Hunt in Caloundra

Next stop – Caloundra We have been in the Southern Hemisphere for a few months and a post dedicated to our home-base in Brisbane is coming soon. In the meantime I had to do one especially for Caloundra. Caloundra is … Continue reading

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Land of the Long White Cloud – Mementos and Postcards

Memento hunting There is plenty of beautiful things to admire and if lucky, bring home. There seems to be a booming ceramic and pottery market, and plenty of intricate Māori inspired carvings, jewellery, drawings or paintings. I didn’t feel I … Continue reading

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Land of the Long White Cloud – Wine and Dine

Food Fancying Over twenty days of travelling our food intake included days of peanut butter sandwiches, average meals after hours of driving or real treats of delicious food, wine and coffee. So here are some of the places we could … Continue reading

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Land of the Long White Cloud – South Island Sightseeing

A very windy inter-islander boat trip brought us to the South Island to continue our quest for the supreme travel experience or just a good glass of wine with a kumara dish. First Stop – Picton We were recommended a … Continue reading

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Land of the Long White Cloud – North Island Sightseeing

Chris had the inspiration to replace our Eastern European tour with a trip to New Zealand. I was so busy with many other things that for the first time I was very passive in the planning stages. We left October … Continue reading

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People herding

Next stop – Bucharest, Brasov, Bran After Istanbul, we spent another couple of weeks in Romania, a short time in which we went to a favourite place by now, Moeciu, near Bran and Brasov. A close friend of ours visited … Continue reading

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