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Wanaka and Blue Pools

A few days after our Glenorchy day trip we headed off for another classic trip in the area: Wanaka with the bonus Blue Pools extension. Wanaka is a small tourist town about an hour from Queenstown on the edge of Lake Wanaka. Home to roughly 9,000 residents it’s popular for its local ski resort (not […]

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Glenorchy

Lockdown has now gone from Level 4 (stay-at-home orders; only essential businesses open. No restaurants or even takeout) to level 3 (takeaway restaurants allowed) to level 2 (almost normal!). Level 4 lasted nearly 5 weeks, followed by 2 weeks at Level 3. Now that we are at level 2, life feels like a new normal. […]

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South Africa’s Garden Route

It turns out South Africa is big, really big. It doesn’t take up all that much of Africa on a map, so the scale of it isn’t that apparent to us Americans. My dreams of seeing many far-flung parts of the country without flying a million times in 2 weeks were dashed. Luckily, we discovered […]

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Second Quarter by the numbers

November 13 to February 9 (88 days) 10 Countries: Morocco, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Egypt 2 continents: Europe, Africa 6 flights, 9 airports: RAK-SVQ, GRX-(MAD)-ORY, NAP-(FCO)-ATH, ATH-CAI 7 Long Distance Trains: Paris to London, London to Brussels, Brussels to Berlin, Berlin to Seefeld Austria, Seefeld to Venice, Venice to Rome, Rome […]

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Athens

We arrived in Athens via our first flights in over 8 weeks. (That is the the biggest gap in me flying in at least 15 months, maybe more. Thank you Europe for having such incredible trains, often free or 1/2 price for kids!) Our Airbnb host arranged a cab at the official rate to pick […]