juliainnewzealand

On Friday, May 19th, me and three friends (Lisa - the au pair of my child's best friends, Susanne and Isabella - both of them attended the orientation days with Lisa) went to...

On Friday, May 5th, I went to Paihia in the Bay of Islands with two other au pairs. It is located north of Auckland and it was the first time for me to travel north instead of...

On Saturday, April 22nd, I went to Hobbiton with Hannah (a friend from Germany who is currently traveling through New Zealand). Hobbiton is where 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the...

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For Saturday, April 7th and Sunday, April 8th, we had planned to fly down to the capital. For that, we had to wake up on Saturday morning at around 4:30 am to then take an Uber...

After spending several weekends in Auckland, the weather was finally good enough for the Tongariro Crossing. Sarah and I headed towards Tongariro National Park on Friday evening...

In the evening of February 24th, Sarah and I made our way to Tauranga. There we stayed in a mega great hostel, right at the harbor, with a rooftop terrace including a beautiful...

On February 10th, after work, I went to Rotorua for my first weekend trip with Sarah (she lives two streets away from me and we get along really well). We were lucky to be able...

Next weekend, I took the train to the city - it usually takes 50 minutes by train, although you can drive by car without much traffic (which is very rare) in just under 20...

After a relatively long journey from the hotel to my new home for six months (due to heavy traffic on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend), I was warmly welcomed by the...

On January 23, 2017 at 8:30 PM, I finally started my journey: I flew from Frankfurt to Auckland via Dubai and Brisbane. At the airport, I met the other four German au pairs who...