Travelogues Canterbury

After a week on the coast, it was time for mountains again: 2 of the 3 mountain passes across the Southern Alps are quite close to each other in the hinterland of Christchurch,...

You don't really need to say anything about the pictures. They speak for themselves.Our last day on the South Island was spent with another highlight. We went on a whale...

From Lake Pukaki to Kaikoura 19.11.22 The early bird.... etc. We are awake early again and after a rainy night we head to Lake Tekapo where we have breakfast overlooking the...

Von der Otago-Halbinsel fuhren wir der Küste entlang Richtung Norden zu den Moeraki Boulders. Da diese schön zum Fotografieren sind, machten wir einen kurzen Spaziergang. Danach...

08.02.20 The last hours in the compact lock are approaching. One last breakfast - indoors - and then it's time to pack. The compact lock is not big, but we have surprisingly...

Day 5 Our first morning in the camper van started at 5:30am. Mattis, after 13.5 hours of sleep, was understandably well-rested. Well, what can I say, I was somehow awake too and...

My second trip to New Zealand starts on Friday afternoon with a train journey from St. Wendel to Frankfurt Airport. Check-in at Singapore Airlines and security control goes...

02/01/20 Was it cold last night! The 13 degrees outside during breakfast were downright cozy! We suffered another loss yesterday. However, of a different kind. One of the...

On Friday morning we took the Intercity bus to Christchurch, a journey of about 6 hours. In the afternoon, we arrived in Christchurch and checked into our hostel. We then took a...

Finally, the van transformation is completed. It took us a lot of work and time, but it was definitely worth it! We are so proud and happy with the result :-) Considering that...

On 23rd of July 2019 we started our journey from Hamburg via Dubai, then Sydney and finally arrived in Christchurch. The strangest thing was that although we left on the 23rd of...

Tuesday 18.12.18 At 4am, I wake up and think again about what I should do. I send an email to the camper agency in Germany, as I can use the campground's WiFi in the camper....

Saturday 29.12.18 The alarm goes off at 7.30am - it's raining. Phew! In the last 3 days I have been so lucky, whenever necessary, the sun was shining - at Hooker Valley Track as...

Shortly after waking up, I felt it - headache, stuffy throat, and my joints were also aching. In other words, I was sick. And I mean really sick. I have no idea where this came...

Mount Cook, or Aoraki in Maori, is the highest mountain on the South Island and in New Zealand, reaching a height of 3724m (+/- a few meters). Sir Edmund Hillary himself...

In Kaikoura, we hiked along the coast and went on a boat to observe sperm whales, dolphins, and seals.

At the beginning of our trip to New Zealand, I couldn't get the offer of the Kiwi Tour for dolphin swimming in Kaikoura, near Christchurch, out of my mind. And when we were...

Sunday, April 1 - Thursday, April 5 (335.9 km) The last few days after Christchurch are taking a bit longer. Because we don't want to ride on the main road, we're going...

'Mount John Summit Walk'/Observatory

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve - Kiwi

Saturday morning starts as expected, quite stressful, as there are still some things to be done for the sale at the weekly market in Amberley. We simply divide the work among...

Yesterday we arrived here in Twizel at around 3:30 PM at the 'Heartland Loge' bed and breakfast, where we will be working for accommodation for another week. The house and...

09/11 - 11/11 Slowly but surely, our journey takes us north. As the next stop, we chose the Mount Cook National Park to take a closer look at New Zealand's highest mountain. We...

It's time again to send you some photos. Not posting that much lately...

Hello dear ones, as promised, I'm writing to you today about my past week. I had assumed that it would be so uneventful that I saved something from last week to report this...

After our detour inland and the unsuccessful job search, our journey continued to Christchurch. Here we first visited the Banks Peninsula, a peninsula located outside the city....

Hello everyone, it's Sunday, the weather is bad, really bad.. what could be better than lying in bed and writing a blog. Even though I have to disappoint you, because there's...

Since there have been some complaints again about us not writing anything for so long, here's a little update on our life on the farm.

Hello everyone, Here I am again, with the report of the past week. There isn't much to report from this week. On Saturday and Sunday (April 2-3), I worked at the bar. On...

Hello dear ones, My first week in Christchurch is over and I have already experienced a lot. I actively searched for a job, visited almost every restaurant, cafe or bar that I...