Monthly Archives: May 2024
New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Christchurch, Part Two
January 14-16, 2024 After finishing our coffee and snacks at the boathouse, we again hopped into two Ubers for a drive to our second adventure of the day, the International Antarctic Center. It is in a campus containing the Christchurch bases for New Zealand, US, and Italian Antarctic Programs, and comprises administration offices, warehousing, an […]
New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Christchurch
January 14-16, 2024 We’d been looking forward to this next leg of our journey as we’d decided to book the Great Journeys New Zealand scenic train from Picton to Christchurch. Instead of taking the bus, this option promised a more comfortable six-hour journey with some great scenery to behold. It would be more expensive than […]
New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Picton, Part Two
January 11-13, 2024 We were greeted with another lovely day the next morning and so were ready for our wine tour experience, with a pickup at the motel at 9:30 am. Marty had booked the Full-Day Marlborough Wine Tour Including Wine Tasting trip through Viator and we joined five other travelers for what would a […]
New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Picton, Part One
January 11-13, 2024 We again took two Ubers to get us from Adstock House down to the ferry docks and once there, grabbed seats outside where a line was beginning to form to board the ship at 8:00 am for our 8:45 am departure. Joanna and I, remembering the time we almost missed the ferry […]
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