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Whether it was jet lag or going to bed too early - the next morning we woke up around 06:00 AM. It smelled wonderfully of flowers. But why? This can be easily explained: Our...

Moin! Our night ended at 5 o'clock in the morning, we packed up our last things and met two more German boys at the reception. They had to go to the airport at the same time as...

2 days in Auckland have passed. I relaxed and explored the largest city in New Zealand and now I'm excited to experience more of the nature. Tomorrow, I'll pick up my rental car...

Hello dear ones! Now our first greetings In this blog, we want to give you and ourselves the opportunity to participate in our journey, the events and experiences. We hope some...

On my first day in Auckland, Lara and I woke up relaxed (fortunately without jet lag) and prepared a small breakfast in the hostel kitchen. It was a very hot day (about 28°C),...

After Claudi worked on the kiwi plantation for a few weeks and cleaned with Birgit and her landlord for the final week, I was also able to earn money as a boat builder for 3...

Hostel in Auckland In the morning, we check out of the hostel and continue working on our to-do list. Once we arrived in the city, we parked at a private parking lot owned by...

Hostel in Auckland Today is the day, finally we can pick up our car! Take the train to Parakura Station and get picked up by the van seller from there - everything seems...

Starting point of our journey: Plochingen train station. At this point, we hadn't quite realized that it was really starting. But

Wednesday, 18.09.2019 I finally arrived in New Zealand. Today is my first real day here for me. Although I did arrive yesterday, I spent the whole day sleeping. Today, I...

When we arrived in Auckland, the weather took a turn for the worse. After a short walk around the harbor, we retreated to our hostel. The next day, we went shopping....

After completing our tour of the North and South Island, we are back where it all began, in Auckland. Since the weather was still not great and the desire for a more regular...

Oh my god, we have only passed by Auckland so far and didn't like this city. Apart from that, we are more of nature lovers anyway.. Well, we thought the city would be a good...

Today I am invited to a party in Auckland. Luckily, I was able to sleep in because the mountain tour was canceled. Yesterday was beautiful but very long. And you also have to...

Our last day in beautiful New Zealand has begun. The 30 days went by very quickly for us, hard to believe that we are already heading home. To prepare ourselves for the long day...

Sunday in Auckland

We arrived safely and had our first day yesterday, which of course didn't go smoothly because we couldn't open a bank account, without which we can't work. But at least the...

Today is halfway, our 31st day of travel. We're heading from Saletoga Sands Hotel to the airport. Another hour's drive on bad roads. The flight with Air New Zealand is quite...

Auckland, 1.4 million inhabitants We are increasing in the size of the cities and slowly preparing ourselves to return to civilization. First, we drive to one of the many...

17.12.2014 Wednesday - at about 1:00 p.m. local time - which is 01:00 a.m. German time, I land in Auckland. My condition is better than expected. My luggage is also there. I had...

Hi! Our day started this morning with slight headaches and at half past eight. We had to pack our backpacks because we had to check out at 10 o'clock. After checking out, we...

Auckland, the weather is great. The hairstyle is holding up, but none of us feel a great excitement before departure. After having a great farewell evening in the trendy...

After a long wait (the Kiwis are not very accurate with time), we finally bought our car yesterday. Yay, now we can start exploring the two islands! ...

26 HOURS ON THE ROAD It all started from Frankfurt at 10:20 pm heading to Dubai (6 hours flight). We had a nearly four-hour layover there before continuing with a 16-hour flight...

After falling into bed yesterday at around 3pm, today we were really looking forward to a trip to West Auckland. But because of the pouring rain, it turned into a cozy 'missing...

This post is more of a test for the blog and I'm sure I forgot some destinations :-)

Arrived!

Auckland didn't impress us as much as New Zealand's scenery, but it was still a nice change. We especially enjoyed the clouds after the sunny days we had. Now we're heading...

At 8:00 am, we cleared the couch and set out into the streets of Auckland. In the next street, we discovered our first breakfast location - Subway. Something new for a change....