Well, Hello Again. After about 5 months of no blog I feel it is time to outline some big changes in our life. There have been some exciting happenings over the last half year.
But at the present time the most exciting news is that we are going to leave NZ for a few weeks to travel to Norway once again, to see our family after not being able to travel since October 2019 due to Govid. So excited to be able to catch up with Chris, Hege, Lilly and Stella in person, rather than relying on Snap Chats, Skype etc. To be able to physically hug everyone will be amazing. To be able to see how much the girls have grown since our last visit, to watch their sport, to walk in the hills, and to just be able to talk and discuss life in general with Chris, Hege and the girls, and with Heges Mum and Dad, is something we have been hanging out for the last 19 months. We will be in Bergen for 6 weeks so will have plenty of time to make up for lost time. We leave NZ the second week of May flying
Singapore Airlines from Auckland, via Singapore, Copenhagen then on to Bergen. So looking forward to it. When we leave Bergen we are traveling to England to spend 4 weeks with Peter and Helen in Corsham in England. One of my many Happy Places. So excited about getting to walk the English country side again.
In this time I will try to put a couple of blogs out about our experiance of travel in this new era of post Govid travel that has effected the whole world and all travellers. Im hoping that every aspect of our time away will be a real positive.
We of course have been affected, as has everyone, by Govid. Life has changed for so many people and the sad stories and hardships for people make me realise how lucky we are that we in contact with this terrible pandemic. So lucky!
Last year we decided that it was the time in our life, {getting older} that we had to decide when we would leave our magic house overlooking the Pauhatanui inlet. Our thoughts were that with the house being a
double story, hence stairs, a large garden that demanded continuing maintenance, a need to downsize, and a need to move on and try something different, we should put it on the market, sell, and make a move to Taupo to try out a lifestyle there that we had often talked about. Taupo has always been one of my Happy Places, so with the normal stress levels involved with selling and buying houses, we finally moved out of our home of 23 years and made the trip north to settle in Taupo. We have now been in Taupo since mid December and we finally moved into our house at the beginning of March. So far, so good. Everything is feeing positive and we have settled into our new place extremely well. We are looking forward to our next few years spent in a place that we have always loved. I have to admit that the fact that Taupo is a world famous trout fishing area is a real bonus for me. Magic walks and bike trails, very central to everything in the North Island and also only a 1 and 3/4 hour drive to the Hawkes Bay where Amy, Jeremy and
the girls are. There are of course a few down sides to this move. Our Wellington friends and family are now 5 hours away so the ability to pop in for a cup of coffee or a wine has difficult but we are hoping that with the necessity to head down to Wellington every now and again we will continue to catch up. We have also had numerous visits from friends as they have traveled to and through Taupo.
During the last few months we were in Wellington, we managed to fit in a number of interesting times.
Leaving our house and our view over the inlet was hard but we will always remember some of the magic sights we saw from our decks. Watching the Stingrays gliding into the shallows, the very occasional visit of Whales cruising by, the people on paddle boards, kayaks, boats and water skiers. Dogs being given free time to swim and chase sticks, and the horses being exercised in the water.
