(Christchurch, New Zealand, 2nd of February 2017) Christchurch is a city that has been badly affected by the earthquakes lately, the one year 2011 and now another in November 2016 and many houses are either broken or leveled with the ground. We decided to go for a “Free Walking Tour” to learn more about, Read More
(Christchurch, New Zealand, 1st of February 2017) Our bus to Christchurch left Picton 7.30 in the morning and because we needed time to pack the bikes when we arrived at the bus station, it was a very early morning. As usual when traveling in New Zealand, one’s a little scared. The driver drove like, Read More
(Picton, New Zealand, 31st of January 2017) Today’s mission was to travel over to the South Island and to get there you take a ferry from the harbor in Wellington. It works much like an airplane where you check in your bags and get a boarding pass. The bikes we had to transport aboard, Read More
(Wellington, New Zealand, 30th of January 2017) Our plan was to ride a long bicycle tour around Wellington but as it was cloudy, cold and chilly, it did not seem at all attractive. Besides, I had struck the foot at the bed post in our apartment and my toe did not want to be, Read More
(Wellington, New Zealand, 29th of January 2017) Today it was time to see the sights in Wellington. We started the day by taking the Cable Car up the mountain to visit the Wellington Botanical Gardens and see Wellington from above. Wellington turned out not to be so beautiful from afar, as the only thing, Read More
(Wellington, New Zealand, 28th of January 2017) The bus to Wellington resigned from central Hawera and as usual we were in place in good time. When you travel by bus with your bike in New Zealand, we have read that you have to pack it so that it takes up as little space as, Read More
(Hawera, New Zealand, 27th of January 2017) We took it easy this morning, as we had only a short bike ride on 45 km left to Hawera, from where we will take a bus to Wellington tomorrow. And lo and behold – we had a tailwind and only slightly over 300 meters of altitude, Read More
(Opunake, New Zealand, 26th of January 2017) Breakfast was included in the hotel, which is rare in New Zealand. And what a wonderful breakfast! I had tea in a little pot with dots on and then we had to choose from four different breakfast menus. I chose fruit salad and toast with homemade plum, Read More
(Okato, New Zealand, 25th of January 2017) On today’s bike ride we had planned to see the volcano Taranaki close up and to get to a town high up on The Surf Highway that we have read should be a fantastic bike path. However, the day was not as pleasant as we had imagined,, Read More
(Stratford, New Zealand, 24th of January 2017) Early in the morning, we decided to stay another night in our nice hotel in Stratford, mainly because the weather was so bad. In addition, for the same reason, we changed today´s plans that actually included a little mountain hiking at the Mount Taranaki to instead include, Read More