Song Lyrics
What do kids know? The solutions…
After the amazing response to my quiz, I will post the solutions here. Thanks to Sabine and James for taking part. Their sweet reward is on the way. Enjoy. “The Shape of Things to Come”: Title of a book by H.G. Wells “Time flies like an arrow”: … and “Fruit flies like bananas” “Millionaire for … Continue reading
The future is always born in pain
We drove along the Coromandel coast line in the direction of Auckland where we arrived in the afternoon. Driving through the suburbs was not so much fun, and in my opinion they are pretty ugly, too. However, the hostel we initially wanted to stay in the town centre, it didn’t have a car park and … Continue reading
We’re burning new sunrise into yesterday’s skies
Oh, so I forgot to mention the second day in Rotorua. Well, as Chris wanted to see some volcanic activity we headed to the Wai-o-tapu Volcanic Wonderland to see the mighty Lady Knox Geyser (which had been a huge disappointment nine years back). And it didn’t change. They’re still putting in soap (but now with … Continue reading
Tap tap
Taking the train again further north to Picton, it is clear that when approaching Wellington on the ferry will give me the city I know: In grey, with drizzle and a sad sight altogether. So I was quite surprised to find Wellington to be a nice, not so ugly city in bright sunshine today — … Continue reading
The west is the best… Get here and we’ll do the rest
Remember Rule #6? I was picked up by Tim just a few minutes after I arrived at my favourite roundabout at Frankton and he took me all the way up to Greymouth. The drive was very scenic and the weather changed from cloudy to blue skies to rain to drizzle to fog at the final … Continue reading