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A Day of Wineries Makes Megan Speak Spanish

Posted in New Zealand, tagged , on April 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We spent part of last week in a little town called Blenheim in the north of the south island.  Blenheim and the surrounding area (called Marlborough) is known and famous for its many wineries.  There are 40 wineries within 6 miles of Blenheim.  That’s right, FORTY!!!
So of course we had to spend a day hitting [...]

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It Turns out that Walking on a Glacier is Pretty Cool

Posted in New Zealand, Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »

First,  since everyone has been asking, here’s a picture of the Spaceship (I’ll get some better ones of the inside and post them in our next post.
When we were in Patagonia visiting glaciers on a regular basis, one thing we really wanted to do was hike on one.  Believe it  or not, taking part in [...]

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Enjoying Road-Tripping

Posted in New Zealand, Uncategorized, tagged , on April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

One of the best things about having Asteroid the Spaceship is being on a month-long road trip.  The fact that the views everywhere  in New Zealand are absolutely breathtaking also makes it that much sweeter. There are no Kansases or Illinois’ getting in the way.  With the whole country of New Zealand (both north and [...]

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Taking the locals advice

Posted in New Zealand, tagged , , , on April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

When we last left you, it was Easter, and we spent a wonderful day on the mystical Doubtful Sound. We left the next day and headed to Queenstown for a few days, just enjoying being in a city again, both of us taking an adrenaline fueled “swing” over a canyon and river, and me [...]

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Doubtful Sound

Posted in New Zealand, tagged , , on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Had we been at home this past Sunday, we surely would have spent the day with family, watching the kiddos search for easter eggs, gobble chocolate bunnies and run around like lunatics from the sugar buzz.  Since we were missing out on that bit of entertainment, we decided to take a cruise on Doubtful Sound [...]

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