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Travel Blogs from Waiheke Island
W/(T)alking Festival
Am Dienstag den 30. Okt...schon fast am Sommeranfang bietet die Stadt Auckland das sogenannte Walkingfestival auf der 20 km vor Auckland gelegene Waiheke Island, bei der Gruppen von einem Führer geführt die Insel mit Wanderboots und Rucksack erkunden können.
Super Sache, machen wir mit. Ich ging also mit KK einem indischen Studienkollege, einer Argentinierin und zwei Mexikanern, die auch in Auckland arbeiten auf die 11:00 Fähre Richtung ...
New Zealand
... one a miss! Wandering some more I came across the “City WiFi”- free wifi if you’re in the city for 30 minutes, bargain! Looked through some toot shops and made my way back, ready to crash out at 8pm!
Saturday was torrential rain and wind! I spent almost all day inside looking after Luna, who really wasn’t feeling too well! I attempted one trip to the library but gave up when after 20m I was soaked ...
Un angolo di paradiso dietro casa
... suo vocabolario multiculturale.
Eccoci nuovamente al centro città. Ci avviamo per la cittadina di Oneroa, cerchiamo un posto carino per il pranzo. Decidiamo di provare un Cafè dove Oonagh è già stata. È carino ed ha del cibo invitante. Vado con una zuppa: pumpkin and kumara potatoes. So kiwi, hey!! Fish and chips per Tamara ed un’ottimo vegetable roll per Oonagh, vegetariana come me. I ragazzi si finiscono un bel piatto di patatine fritte e due ottimi succhi ...
Four months in...
... to buy a car in Auckland. We had Marks birthday to celebrate, so gave the neighbours a pretty good initiation into living next door to Joff and I. We took Ade to the night market, where I finally got round to trying the squid kebabs, which even managed to gross me out a bit. We also took him up Mount Eden, which I think we will be visiting quite a lot during our stay and showing the rest of our guests as it really is amazing up there and we also took him out to ...