“Kinda too small, too cosy, too unspectacular…”, that’s what I always think when I am hitting the Marina in Auckland, the Viaduct Harbour neighborhood. It’s just too small for such a big city – but incredible comfy. This time we headed to Sofitel, a beautiful Auckland Hotel, directly on the Waterfront. It appears business like, …
I have to admit, The Rees Hotel in Queenstown, situated right on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, is a great option to stay, although it kind of comes like a little sledge-hammer blow after staying at rather small and cosy bed and breakfasts. The Rees, a five star hotel offers hotel rooms and apartments, all …
Indeed, there are many good reasons to stay and prolong your stop in Nelson, the beautiful little town in Tasman Bay and eventually a matter of taste; The highest sunshine hours in the south island? The beaches to swim, kajak or run along? The vivid coffee scene in town? The superb pace of life? The …
This time we only stayed for one night in Wellington before heading to the South Island. Yet it wasn’t really by our own choise, rather because we faced again a very busy place and time. Furthermore the weather forecast was definitely better for the South Island (Tasman Bay) than here in Wellington. But it’s only …
The Oitavos is quite a block. A monumental solitaire built of steel and glass; a monolith, thrown nonchalantly into the sand dune. As we navigated our little rental car towards this giant, we must have felt like Will Smith in “The Independence Day”; sitting in his ridiculous jet fighter, while approaching an intergalactic spaceship of …
You often hear of such stories; stories of brave persons, who used to be successful and now risking all of what they achieved for a new beginning, leaving their predetermined path of career, preferring to re-define themselves as round-the-world yachtsmen, artists, wine growers or hoteliers, before they burn out. But these stories are often seen …