The Grand Hotel Akaroa
Travel Blogs from Akaroa
An Excursion to Remember
... we would be bussed to hotels for the night. Since we were not eating, we jumped on the 2nd bus. The roads to Christchurch were steep, winding and narrow. Our driver had one hand on the wheel while he wiped the fog off the windshield. Our trip took us 2 hours to Christchurch. We stayed in a new hotel that had just opened on the edge of the downtown part of Christchurch badly damaged by the 2010 earthquake. In ...
Our last days in Kiwiland!
... In the sky it all happend so fast, I didn't really realize what just happend and i had such an adrenaline rush! My legs were quite shacky but i still loved it! Only later it came to mind how rare it was what i experienced and then it felt a little scary. Fie her skydive went really well and she loved it!! I was the best experience for her and she also got to fly the parachute herself for a little while, sweet as!! Her video turned out to be very awesome and she is a proud ...
Wellington, Petone, Eastbourne und Akaroa
... of wedding dresses, Death Cab for Cutie, Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga, Newtownfestival, Brewhahas letzter Auftritt. ;o)
Mit Geburtstags- und Nachhochtzeitsfeier(n), samstaeglichen Kaffees in Newtown, Rad- und Wandertouren, gemuetlichen Abenden bei Wein und BBQ, guter Hausmannskost und auch mal einer Massage bei Geli&Dave (haha, hiermit melde ich mich gleich nochmal an) verging die Zeit wie im Fluge. Nicht zu vergessen ist auch unser allwoechentlicher Ukulelekurs, ...
BPT Tag1: 20km, 3 Vegetationen, 3 Hütten, Wildlife
... entlang der Ostküste Neuseelands. Zur linken Hand der endlose pazifische Ozean. Auf der rechten Farmwiesen so weit das Auge reicht. Einfach gigantisch. Christian, der nur einen Tagesrucksack bei sich hatte, lief auf und davon. Bei dem wenigen Gepäck war es für ihn ein leichtes so schnell zu laufen. Wim und ich liefen unser Tempo gemütlich hintereinander weg.
In einer Senkung stand ein alter Shelter. Jedoch hatte der Shelter etwas Besonderes. ...
Fan Belts and Potatoes
... some rather out of place reindeer. In the evening we revisited Catherin and Dave where we had home made rhubarb crumble. YUM YUM YUM!!!
16/1/12
Time to say farewell to the south island today as we fly to Wellington but we had just enough time to visit Akaroa, which is of course gorgeous! That evening we checked in to Jake and Alex’s friends we met in ...
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