UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | Views [528]
Sept. 11th - At noon we eagerly caught the bus from outside the campsite into Wellington and were seated in front of the big screen tv in Molly Malone’s pub 2 hours before Australia v Italy kick-off. 5 Senses of the Day Taste: Beef & Guinness ... Read more >
Tags: springboks, wales, wellington
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 11 Sep 2011 | Views [698]
Sept. 11 – Two Days in Wellington In a couple of hours we’ll leave our campsite in Lower Hutt for the 30 minute bus ride into Wellington for a hoped for Welsh victory over the Springboks. Below are our 5 best sensory experiences from the past 2 days ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, england, rugby world cup, south africa, springboks, wellington
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 10 Sep 2011 | Views [737]
Sept. 9 – Rotorua to Wellington (Sept. 8 th & 9 th ) Pushed for time to get to Wellington to watch the opening ceremony and first rugby world cup match (New Zealand vs. Tonga) on the big screen tv at the Fanzone in Wellington we hauled camper ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, rugby world cup, taupo, tokaanu, turangi
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 9 Sep 2011 | Views [644]
Rotorua is an adrenaline junkies paradise. Fortunately for Carolyn and me we didn’t have to skydive, bungy jump, whitewater raft, roll in the Zorb, or jetboat rapids to enjoy the area. Our best five sensory experiences – Taste – Best fish &... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011 | Photo Gallery
Auckland & Rugby World Cup
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011 | Views [744] | Comments [1]
Somewhere after leaving LAX at 10 pm on Sept. 3 rd on the 14 hour flight to Sydney, Sept. 4 th disappeared and Rugby World Cup fever appeared. Sydney airport at 6 a.m. on Sept. 5 th was full of World Cup memorabilia shops. Our flight to ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, rugby world cup
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 25 Aug 2011 | Views [765] | Comments [1]
I just clicked off of the International Rugby Boards World Cup website and the countdown to kick-off for the first match was 15 days, 15 hours, and 15 minutes. The excitement is building!! Certainly part of every conversation I have these days includes ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, rugby world cup, south island
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | Views [646]
We spent 4 days in London mostly eating and going to the theatre. Here are our favorite sensory experiences. Taste: English cuisine is very maligned and our top taste considerations (although enjoyed in London) fall largely outside what one would ... Read more >
Tags: butley, clerkenwell, lion king, london
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011 | Views [796]
Today (July 26th, 2011) we wandered the streets and fish & chip restaurants of Whitby. We are sure this was much as Captain James Cook did some 243 years ago before he set off on HMS Bark Endeavor to track the course of Venus across the sun ... Read more >
Tags: captain james cook, england, new zealand, rugby world cup, whitby
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 6 Jul 2011 | Views [534]
Good question. We're recently retired school teachers who spent the last 3 years at a small school in Honduras planning this trip to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Four years ago we took a rare break in our 35 year careers in education to ... Read more >
Tags: rugby world cup
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