Category Archives: en route

After landing in Christchurch, the announcement to double check and make sure to take all your hand luggage with you ended with: … and if you do leave something behind, make sure it is something we like.

This is just a quick note: I am still alive! I went up Avalanche Peak with Michael. We had great weather, but didn’t walk the whole route: We tramped up Scott’s Track and went down the same way. There was … Continue reading →

I haven’t even finished my last posting… but there is so much stuff to talk or write about. So here is the next one: The Hunts Creek Track. It was a “medium” difficult track. What that means? It is pretty … Continue reading →

This posting is dedicated to the Queen (aka Sunny-Bunny) who motivated me to write about my experience in New Zealand. Last Thursday a group of four started a tramping trip. It was planned to do the Routeburn Track. But there … Continue reading →

lawnmower. At least here in Christchurch — the Garden City — the lawn is mowed at least every week. I mean, once with a big lawn mower, with the driver sitting on top of it, and then these little noisy … Continue reading →

broken glass. The streets and parking lots are full with broken glass, you see it everywhere. I don’t know why there is so much glass on the roads, people might just throw there bottles away, or it is because they … Continue reading →

Kiwis. I mean the Kiwi fruit and not the feather-viech. One kilo costs about NZ$ 2,30, thats about EUR 1,10. They are a little bigger than in Germany and taste so good. Btw. Apples are cheap too.