Beautiful Aotearoa

We are just back from a 2-week whirlwind trip to our beautiful homeland, New Zealand. It was so lovely to catch up with so many friends and family, but I am pretty sure that next time we will come for longer. It would be nicer to actually sit, relax and enjoy the company of all the people we saw for only a brief amount of time.

While we were there, we borrowed my aunty’s campervan and drove from Auckland to Wellington and back. We are quite keen on the idea of buying a campervan over here in the UK, and to be honest that experience in NZ has just increased our keeness!

It is so nice to drive along and when you feel like it, stop, throw open the back doors and have a cup of tea

or a mandarin

or breakfast

or just read a book
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And then there are the amazing places you can stay at night

And the amazing NZ landscape you get to see as you drive by

As we drove along we kept exclaiming about how beautiful NZ was, but when we actually asked each other if we wanted to move back just yet, the answer is a clear no!
It really is a fantastic country with so many great people we love and miss, and the scenery is amazing, but at the moment there is just so much to see and do for us on this side of the world, that we will stay here for a bit longer….