Dreaming of New Zealand {a photo recap}

I recently filled in one of those highly-scientific “Where should you live” Facebook questionnaire things and it told me that I was destined to live in New Zealand. I’m trusting Facebook. Who wouldn’t trust Facebook?

Soon (in a month or so), we will be flying out of London and flying over to New Zealand again, not to live, but just to spend a little while back on the other side of the world; something that fills my inner explorer with excitement and my inner child with an urge to jump off things (I won’t, mum, I promise).

Last time we were there we jumped out of planes, jumped off bridges, hiked for days on one of the great walks, bathed in mud, bathed in water that made us smell like farts for days and took a whirlwind tour of some of the most beautiful parts of the country. But there is more, so much more, to be done. More great walks to be walked, more places to visit and more abnormally large seafood to eat.

This time, when we go, we’ll be abandoning summer and it’ll be winter on that side of the world. I’ve got a bag packed with ridiculously colourful unused ski gear – bought in TK Maxx Berlin (bargain!) - that is just begging to be worn.

For now though, while I’m dreaming of Queenstown peaked with snow, here’s a little photo recap of our last summer in Lord of the Rings land.

CATHEDRAL COVE

NEW CHUM BEACH

WHITIANGA

ROTORUA

TATAPOURI

LAKE WAIKAREMOANA

LAKE TAUPO

HAWKES BAY

CAMBRIDGE

KAIKOURA

LAKE TEKAPO

LAKE HAWEA

QUEENSTOWN

FOX GLACIER

I also thought it was fitting, when writing about New Zealand to link up with some of my favourite Kiwi bloggers in London: Emma, Rebecca and Kelly. This month’s travel theme is “My favourite photo from travel”. As you can probably tell, I don’t have one – though I’m veering towards the public library because it makes me laugh every time I see it. Public library in a shed. Seriously cute. That’s the thing with photos, it’s the reaction they evoke when you look at them that makes them special and for me, just looking at any of these just makes me itch to go back.