After almost 5 months on the South Island of New Zealand, we are back at the airport, waiting to board a flight to Auckland for a week long trip.I’m feeling so nostalgic about being back at the airport, on the move again. We’ve had an amazing year of travel, a real around-the-world journey, a true … More On The Move Again
June 3, 2020 – Jun 20, 2020 As we got out of the lockdown back in May of 2020, we were thinking that we wouldn’t be in New Zealand for much longer. It looked like that the covid crisis was not going to end any time soon and we immediately shifted to “savings mode”. Our … More South Island Tour in a Campervan, New Zealand
One more accomplishment for our teenager. She did bungy jumping from the original bungy jumping location, the “World Home of Bungy”, here in New Zealand where it all started back in 1988.The bridge is 141ft high. She was braver and more adventurous than either of her parents.
A couple of months ago, the world stopped and so did our travel. We left Australia and entered New Zealand days before covid19 restrictions started. We were originally scheduled to be here for 3.5 weeks but almost 3 months later, we are still in New Zealand, appreciative of every moment we got to spend in … More Christchurch Murals, New Zealand
March 25 – May 13, 2020 When the world stopped, we stopped. The day we were scheduled to travel from Wellington to Christchurch, during the few hours we were on a ferry to the South Island, it was announced that, in 48 hours, the whole country was going into a strict lockdown. Wherever you were … More Christchurch, New Zealand and COVID related Lockdown (Levels 4 & 3)
Over the past month, Petra has been feeding us well. Pedja and her got into bread baking spree. Pedja had a bit of a scientific approach to bread beaking, trying different recipes, strictly measuring ingredients, trying out different kneading techniques and his bread was great. But in the meantime, Petra one morning whipped up an … More Teenager in the Kitchen
March 13 – 25, 2020 Back in February, while we were still in Australia, I sent a message to my good friend Kim from Seattle asking her for any tips for our upcoming time in New Zealand. Kim is a Kiwi that grew up in Auckland and I knew she would be our best personal … More Auckland and More of the North Island, New Zealand
We are in New Zealand now and it looks like we’ll be here for a while. We have enough of epilepsy meds for Nina until mid-May when we were planning to be back in Serbia where we have more supplies waiting for him. But the world is on lockdown now and it’s questionable when we’ll … More Our Experience with the Cost of Medicine in the US vs. New Zealand
I am incredibly impressed by Kiwis. I didn’t get to catch all the details of tonight’s news in New Zealand but here is a quick snapshot of the types of measures being implemented here. Their government has announced a financial stimulus package that’s going directly to cover people’s wages affected by COVID19. Folks in self-isolation … More New Zealand and COVID-19
The world is dealing with the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolation is becoming the new reality for many, all around the globe. Seattle, our hometown, is the epicenter of it in the US. We’ve been in Gold Coast and Brisbane, Australia for the past week. Social activities have not yet been restricted here. Petra even … More Leaving Australia, heading to Auckland, New Zealand
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