As it became usual for us, the first place we visit after arriving at a new place is the iSite Visitor Centre, which is packed up with information of things you can do on the area. This time we did so in Whangarei which is about 20min north from our cottage. We did our grocery shopping for the morning, drived around the town centre and did some little walking before...

This is by far the longest drive we have taken. We took off from Rotorua at 11am, then we ate at Matamata at about 12pm and we arrived at our cottage in Northland at about 5 pm. We are right between Ruakaka and Whangarei. We are right at the top of a mount. We have some amazing views, and the cottage is really nice. We ended up really tired from the trip, so...

Today is the last day at Rotorua, tomorrow we hit the road towards Northland. We decided to visit the Redwoods Forest which has some really nice walks, and altough the trees aren’t as big as the Redwoods in California, they are really...

The day finally came! Today we went to visit Hobbiton the movie set where they filmed most of the Hobbiton scenes from Lord of the Rings. The experience was amazing, but unfortunately we had to sign a confidentiality agreement which means the information is: But, what we can do is show you pictures of the girls feeding the lambs at the...

Today Sarai finally mustered the courage to go and play with the two daughters of Herman and Mariana (the people who rented the space we are staying at). She spent all morning playing with them at their tree house. On the afternoon we took the girls to the Fair, which oddly enough was closed on Sunday so we had to wait for an extra day. They had a really nice...

Today we went back to the Blue Lake, but this time we took with us some food to do a picnic there. We also bought the girls some beach buckets so they could play on the sand. After our picnic we took a drive around the other lakes. Amazing views of the...

Today is basically our last day here in Napier since tomorrow we are moving to Rotorua, which means we’ll spend the day packing and driving to our new place. We are on a wine area so we chose one of the tenths of wineries that are in the area to visit. We went to Clearview Estate which has a cellar door and a restaurant. Altough the service was a little slow we...

The weather today was a little bit odd. A storm system got into New Zealand and altough is not really bad for us, the sky is cloudy and with some wind gusts. We decided to take the girls to play at a mini-golf just beside the ocean. After the 18 hole course which I easily won 😀 We enjoyed some ice-cream and popsicles. Then back at home,. since the girls...

Today we visited a place called TrainWorld, is a small place filled with scale trains. The place was very cool since the scale trains were really pieces of art. After the visit we went to the beach to wet our feet in the ocean. What do you think of the New Zealand...

Today we went to Amazing Maze which is near Hastings, some 20 mins south of where we are in Napier. This place is a big Maize Maze. The girls had a lot of fun. At the maze entrance they gave you a flag-pole in case your party got to lost you would wave it so they could find you a help you on your way back. After the maze the girls cooled down a little with water...