Happy New Year!
Did anyone else wake up from the last week feeling like this?
Happy New Year everyone! I’m in a strange state right now – I’m mostly living off caffeine highs in between 2-3 hour runs of sleep so pardon me if this post doesn’t really make much sense!
Mr Man Jr was born 4 weeks ago and he is lovely and awesome. Things are so much easier second time around, as in I’m not panicking over every single little thing and know short-cuts for sanity (basically caffeine is your friend) and I’ve actually been able to find brief moments of time to plan the year ahead.
The majority of this year is being taken up by a trip, at some point, to New Zealand, via a few days in LA. Here are a few stops we’re planning for our road-trip down the North Island when we arrive (I’ve left out the South Island, that will happen next year):
Home (not such an easy concept any more as my entire family has moved from North to South since we were last there)
Which will probably be replaced by the family friendly trip up Rangitoto Island, the volcano that I haven’t visited in 25 years despite it always being in the view from my parents’ balcony…
- Hot Water Beach – a place where you can dig your own hot pools
- Zealong tea plantation – New Zealand’s first tea garden. I have their oolong tea and it is delicious. Apparently you can have afternoon tea there but with the kids in tow it’ll more likely just be a quick stop in their gift shop with a run around the gardens… yay~
- Plenty of other pretty places, hopefully with good bakeries and beaches involved
Wellington, where the kids can finally hang our with Grandma and Grandpop; we can eat in their endless number of amazing restaurants and cafes, and I can once again have a cocktail with our International Woman of Mystery Friend N!
Onto LA:
LA
We’ve been told Pasadena is a brilliantly toddler friendly place to stay in LA so we’re hoping to book the Langham there (probably the only time in our lives we’ll ever be able to afford somewhere like that, thanks to travelling with the Pound). Has anyone been there and do you have any foodie recommendations for us to check out in the process? I love America – can’t wait for enormous breakfasts, good Mexican food, shopping and a dose of California friendly.
So that’s me. I’m sure many of you have way more exotic plans than us who are now going for the family friendly options! May 2015 bring you all plenty of good health, friendship, wealth and happiness.
This post was part of January’s travel link up with Kelly, Emma and Rebecca. Please do join with your own post (or comments about your own hopes for 2015) and check out some brilliant bloggers from all over the world.
What adventures at home or afar do you have in mind for 2015?
