(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

(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