Posted on May 17, 2010, 4:51 pm, by Mary, under
Travel.
I’m in Salem, Oregon now. Considering I wasn’t planning to be in Oregon a few weeks ago, this is slightly crazy. But it happened and is real and wonderful and I’m loving it here already even though I’ve only been here half a week. So how did this all happen? Well, on May 3 I [...]
Posted on February 7, 2010, 3:49 am, by Mary, under
New Zealand.
Haven’t seen a sunset in New Zealand yet that hasn’t been beautiful.
We took a ferry ride over to Waiheke Island the other day, after spending a few minutes on the wharf trying to decide on the best destination. The ride itself was quite nice; it takes about 40 minutes to get to the island and there is plenty to look at leaving Auckland. Once we got [...]
I’ve been in New Zealand for three days now. I LOVE it here. What’s not to love? It’s a really great city. Clean and green, that’s the New Zealand slogan, right? Totally fits. Even in the city there is so much green space it’s amazing. And you are just minutes from water and beaches in [...]