We finally conquered the Tongariro Alpine Crossing! Heralded as one of the best things to do in New Zealand, the crossing is an icon. In fact, it's the most popular hike in the country! Up to 4000 people tackle the trail each…
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With what's going on in the world around us, now is the perfect time to try all those things we may have never had the time to do! If you're on the lookout for some new things to fill up…
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While living in lock down in Carterton and with restrictions now moved to Level 3, we are trying to explore as much as we are able to get out of the house and keep the feeling of exploration and adventure…
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On April 28th, New Zealand moved from Level 4 lock down to Level 3. We've spent our lock down time living in Carterton, a tiny farming village in the heart of the Wairarapa region on the North Island. Level 3…
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It seems that, for the first time in modern history, the entire world is experiencing the same calamity. This is a shared experience, a riveting moment in time that will spout untold numbers of essays, studies, stories, theses, policy changes...…
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I love to organize. No really, I do. Since forever, I've been organizing everything I can get my hands on. From closets to bedrooms, to email inboxes and manager's calendars, to my bookshelf and entire offices, I pride myself in…
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Being a wiz at emails is something I'm actually really proud of. Alongside my love of organization and my knack for streamlining things to make them better than before, one of my strong suits is having an inbox that is…
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So, you want to start a blog? Congratulations! Having a blog for the last six years has been an incredibly rewarding creative outlet where I get to share the beautiful photos I take, the words I feel and write and…
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I have very exciting news to share today!! Nico and I have started a YouTube channel! This is a project we've been thinking about for a long time. We are full of ideas of things we want to document through…
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The Forgotten World Highway is one of New Zealand's well-known drives that traverses 148km as State Highway 43 from Stratford to Taumarunui. It offers beautiful views as the road passes various saddles, goes through a tunnel or two, stops at…
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Egmont National Park is tucked away on the west coast of the North Island on a peninsula sticking out in the region of Taranaki. The crowning glory of this region? Mount Taranaki is an active stratovolcano home to plenty of…
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Pouakai Tarns is one of the most well-known hikes of the Mount Taranaki region in Egmont National Park. If you do a quick Google search, you'll see incredible photos of Mount Taranaki reflected in the tarns at all hours of…
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We arrived in Apia from Auckland after a most event-filled 24 hours of travel (read about that adventure here). So similar to the other Pacific Islands I have visited, Samoa is a land of palm trees gently waving in the…
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With the end date of Nico's visa quickly approaching, we had plans to head out of New Zealand for a ten-day trip to Samoa, so that by the time we returned we could get Nico a new visitor visa upon…
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