After our train ride across the South Island, we opted to fly from Christchurch up to Wellington rather than renting a car and retracing that part of our route. The world has drastically changed since our last flight 4 months ago, and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. The Christchurch airport was quiet, and […]
Food The food was good. In the first town there was a cafe with good pies. In the next town there was a good Chinese restaurant that had great meat. Also there was a pie shop. In the last town there was a good pub with good fried chicken. The sights were really good. In […]
The TranzAlpine is billed as “one of the world’s great train rides,” and the “most scenic train in New Zealand.” As a train buff, I had to try it! When we learned that the TranzAlpine train would reopen in July, we replanned our trip so that we could take it before hopping over to the […]
Upon arrival in Nelson we booked ferry tickets to Wellington, which lies across the Cook Strait on the North Island. The act of booking nonrefundable ferry tickets caused the famed TranzAlpine Express train to reopen for business. The TranzAlpine was on my must-do list for New Zealand, so we scrapped our ferry plans and rerouted […]
From Blenheim we drove west to the city of Nelson, near the northern tip of the South Island. Billed as the sunniest city in New Zealand, Nelson is a popular vacation spot with a thriving arts + culture scene. Upon arrival in town we had some time to kill before getting into our rental, so […]
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