Chestnut Ridge Farmstay B&B Te Kauwhata
40 Moorfield Road Te Kauwhata, North Island, 3782, New Zealand
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Twenty-two bottles
I think I might still be digesting my dinner from last Saturday night. After a relaxing day off, we heading over to the next nearest farm for a barbeque dinner. They served everyone lamb sausages, sirloin steak (off their own cow), and BBQed venison (which they'd hunted earlier in the week). Wash it all down with a few beers and good conversation, and it was a fun night. Just as well, because the next day was ...
Billions and billions
There's only been one other time in my life when I've seen so many stars. When I went to sleepover camp, I remember there was a night when my friend Edward and I set up our sleepings bags by the lake, and we could see the milky way and the occasional shooting star. This time, the constellations were upside down, but it was just as beautiful. Here are some notes from the past week, sorted by day:
We seem to take ...
Welcome to NZ
I haven't had much internet for the past few days, and it'll remain intermittent from here on out, but I've been taking some notes on the past few days. So, here are my first few days in New Zealand!
February 14:After a pleasantly uneventful 20+ hours of flying (and 18 hours of time travel), I've arrived in Auckland. It's a quiet and peaceful place, but as New Zealand's biggest city, I'm sure it only gets quieter from ...
Eco Logic Learning @ Solscape
... that I know I’d love the opportunity to learn more from them. Next I’m off for a few days working as a chef for a conference facility, then trying to line up wwooffing at a yoga retreat centre and visiting an eco village....
more pics on facebook from the Solscape retreat at
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Golf & Gardening
... of white and grey one could possibly find in the sky. The locals keep asking why I, coming from Switzerland, struggle with temperatures of less than 20 degrees. And I patiently explain, again and again, that I left Switzerland during a warm autumn and came to New Zealand via Asia (30+ degrees). Still, I remain the only one with my fleece jacket on most of the time :-)
Steve and Rachel gave me a very warm welcome when ...
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