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New Zealand: Day 1: Christchurch to Oamaru
Rusty and I flew out of Sydney without a hitch. Checking in was slightly complicated because we were flying out of a country from which we are not passport holders and flying to another country from which we are not passport holders, but we figured it out in the end. Always leave extra time for … Continue reading
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I woke up early on December 31, the day after our shark diving trip, and quietly slipped on my running clothes–an old race shirt from a past marathon, a pair of short black shorts, and my flashy new running shoes. I grabbed a hat, phone, and water bottle and snuck out of our room in … Continue reading
Ah, yes, where were we? SHARK DIVING! YES! On Day 8, we woke up bright and early to go shark diving with Calypso Tours. Calypso arranged for us to be picked up at our hostel, which was FANTASTIC, since it was so early! We boarded the boat around 6:30 AM. On the boat, we had … Continue reading
Ah, yes, where did I leave off? Right, we had just finished with the Penguin Parade! The morning of the 28th, we headed down to Flinders Station to catch our bus for our wine tour of the Yarra Valley. Wine tour! Yay! I’m not sure that Rusty and Jessica were quite as excited about this … Continue reading
On December 26th, Jessica, Rusty, and I headed to Melbourne. We were supposed to fly out in the afternoon and get to Melbourne in the early evening. We really wanted to have time that night to explore the city a bit, but our flight got delayed, which was kind of a bummer at first. We … Continue reading
Well, hello there! Now that it’s the end of January, I suppose I should get started on telling you about our summer holidays! Ha! I’m so far behind on correspondence generally (electronic mail, snail mail, social media, and blog posts), but I’m trying to get caught up. Anyway, our summer holidays were amazing! Our good … Continue reading
