Holidays on the West Coast
When talking about the West Coast, it’s obvious for all kiwis that you mean the rugged Southern Island West Coast. We especially like the area north…
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
A fence for our land
The existing fence around our little piece of land was only suitable for cows – but we want to have sheep. OK, let’s make a proper…
We’ve got a letterbox!
No house yet, but a rural letterbox at least (or ‘litterbox’ how the locals pronounce it more accurately). :) It seems we are the only…
Our little piece of land
Our friends’ comments ranged from “That was a bold move!” to “Okay, that was really brave of you.”. Buying 13,870 m2 of land that we…
The “me and my car”-posting
I admit, it was one of the sadest days this year when I had to give away the most awesome car we ever had, our…
We’re back! :)
Here we are again: One year and four months after we have left the country with the intention to NOT return soon. Many people asked us…
Sending a container to the other side of earth
Friday 16:00: Container arrives Almost all our stuff is wrapped in cardboard, ready for the container. It’s slightly raining, but the weather forecast is good…
Getting awarded
I usually don’t blog on request, but let’s make an exception for Jenny, author of the very well written German travelling blog www.weltwunderer.de, who was…
One week to go
Just a short update on our progress with relocating to Motueka: The past few weeks have been quite busy. Rule #1: “Don’t forget anything!”. Everything…
Organizing the big move
I admit it, I love organizing things. Well, that’s what I do day by day, so no real surprise here I suppose. Found a new Limited…