Written by Kim This is our second time in Wellington so we thought we should do a Lord of The Rings tour since Peter Jackson filmed a lot of the movies here and in other parts of NZ. We are not huge LOTR fans – Alex has read the books and seen the movies. I […]
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Nov 2025 – Conquering Christchurch
Written by Kim Another day, another adventure! Today we docked in Lyttelton the port town for Christchurch. We took the complementary shuttle out of the port and picked up the local bus day pass for 6NZD ($3.40 US). The cruise line was charging $15 to go to town. We took the bus to our first […]
Nov 2025 – Dunedin, NZ the furthest south in the world we’ve ever been
Written by Kim Dunedin was our first port on this trip. We had a full day in port so got off the ship and took the ship shuttle to town for $15 per person. We docked at Port Chalmers which is about a 20 min drive to Dunedin. Dunedin was settled by the Scottish first […]
Nov 2025 – Remembrance / Veterans Day on Anthem
Written by Kim We had a quiet day at sea yesterday. It was kind of cool only about 60 so we didn’t go to the pool like we usually will do on a sea day. We relaxed a bit and went to the top tier event in the morning. Many of our friends think we […]
Nov. 2025 – Sailaway on Anthem from Sydney
Written by Kim Today we left Sydney on Anthem of the Seas on a 10 night cruise around New Zealand. We’ve been on Anthem 4 times now so know the ship well. This cruise was pricey but we booked it with my former colleague, Melissa. She’s awesome and saw a big price drop to make […]
Nov 2025 – Our last day in Sydney
Written by Kim Our last day in Sydney was a bit of a quiet day as we prepare to board the ship tomorrow. We walked up the hill for breakfast which was absolutely amazing. I had a breakfast stack which was a hash brown, portobello mushroom, avocado, cheese and poached eggs on a bed of […]
Nov 2025 – A day trip to the Blue Mountains
Written by Kim We began our day early on the 6:10 ferry to meet our tour to the Blue Mountains. We booked our tour directly with Anderson Tours and had an excellent guide Jay who took 20 of us in a van to visit one of Sydney’s most visited tourist attractions. The Blue Mountain area […]
Nov 2025 – Biking around Sydney and over the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Written by Kim Today we took a tour with Sydney Harbour Bike tours that took us all over Sydney and back and forth across the bridge. We started the day with some breakfast sandwiches and my flat white which I love. My knee is still a bit sore but it held out especially because we […]
Nov 2025 – Meandering around Sydney
Written by Kim After a long day of travel yesterday we took it easy today getting the lay of the land on the ferry, trains and other transportation exploring Sydney. Our apartment is in Neutral Bay across the harbor from downtown. It’s quite hilly but a very picturesque neighborhood. It’s about a 7 minute walk […]
Nov 2025 – We arrived in Sydney!
Written by Kim If you haven’t read previous posts – we traveled to Sydney from JFK through Singapore. After 36 hours of travel with 25 hours of flying and a short layover in Singapore we made it! Singapore Airport was quite impressive. We were tired from our 18 hour flight so made our way to […]