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February 12, 2021 On an idyllic sunny day we went on a long walk through the neighborhoods that surround our house. We started out walking though St. Mary’s Bay and past the College it is named for. St. Mary’s is a Catholic girls’ high school with around 1,000 students. Established in 1850 it is theContinue reading “Auckland, New Zealand”

February 11, 2021 One of our favorite spots in all of New Zealand is less than an hour’s drive from Auckland. Piha (pronounced pee-haa) is a scenic black-sand surf beach on the west coast. Many of the west coast beaches have dark sands because of their high iron content. It makes them hard to walkContinue reading “Piha, New Zealand”

January 24 – February 4, 2021 Welcome to New Zealand. At the moment, New Zealand is practically Covid-free, so it made sense for us to leave the northern winter and the rampaging virus behind and head to a safer and warmer spot. At the moment New Zealand is only open to its citizens and permanentContinue reading “Commodore Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand”