The Day I Witnessed Cathedral Cove

Blissful….Serene… and fantastically fun is the weekend I spent in the beautiful town of Coromandel. The host family of a fellow au pair of mine owns a “batch” or beach house out in Coromandel and were kind enough to let four of us use the house for the weekend once again. I previously wrote a…

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Tongariro Crossing Part 1

I feel as though I am really unable to type out a full complete blog post on my trip to and through the Tongariro Crossing. Because although I did make the treacherous 5 hour drive there, followed by the equally.. maybe even more treacherous… 5 hour drive back, I did not actually complete the Tongariro…

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The Lonely in Traveling

I’ve found that as fulfilling as travel can be, I find loneliness in it too. For we’ve found places, people, landscapes, and connections with things never even imagined before. We’ve discovered parts of ourselves that we hadn’t known existed and we’ve experienced vast amounts of memories that in the end no one else will ever…

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Queenstown and the Beauty of Its Adventure

           Flying into a place like Queenstown doesn’t feel like you’re still somewhere close to the place you departed from. And for some, maybe they’ve come from far away, yet I was only an hour and half plane ride and within the same country and I was convinced I had landed…

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Rugby vs. American Football

Although I would never claim myself as a sports fanatic or football maniac, i’ve seen my fair share of high school, college, and professional football games. And although it is great and all…. I think rugby is by far more entertaining to watch. Not only are the buff men in shorter shorts, the referees are…

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Stripped of My Element

In the dance world there is nothing better than feeling of dancing in your element. And when I say that I simply mean the feel of the dance matches the confidence that shows within and throughout your body. The music hits each move you make at just the right moments and the style is something…

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Coromandel

For the majority of my life I think it is safe to say I’ve had a fair share of close guy friends that keep me in line, are blunt when they need to be, and act gross and silly to make things comfortable. This is wonderful and I wouldn’t trade a single one of them…

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Twas’ a Windy Weekend in Welly

With quite a bit of rain. Nevertheless our sunny Sunday made up for all the activities that the rain may have conquered on Friday and Saturday and therefore I can confidently say that we got the most out of our weekend in Wellington that we possibly could have.  Naked Bus: I will begin with our first…

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