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Category Archives: New Zealand

The End?

May 5, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 1 Comment

Today marks our last full day in New Zealand. But we’ve done our best to make it a very full day. Our morning began very early, at 6am, in Rolleston. […]

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My Worldwide Travels, New Zealand

Exploring Christchurch (sort of)

May 4, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 1 Comment

Yesterday, we arrived in Rolleston, a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. I initially booked this B&B because it looked adorably cute on the internet. But given recent tragic […]

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My Worldwide Travels, New Zealand

Quaint Queenstown

May 2, 2011by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

Queenstown is known as the adventure capital of New Zealand and a total party city. However, I think the fast pace of our trip is catching up with us and […]

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On the road again…

April 30, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 3 Comments

Today was mainly spent on the road, driving from Franz Josef to Queenstown. However, what seemed to be a simple 5 hour drive turned into a beautiful, fascinating experience through […]

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Today, I hiked a glacier…

April 29, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 4 Comments

Welcome to the town of Franz Josef, home of the Franz Josef Glacier. This glacier is unique in 2 ways: 1) it is one of the only glaciers to be […]

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Wandering through the Wine Country

April 27, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 1 Comment

Helloooooo South Island!!! Yesterday, after a very rough 3 hour ferry ride across the rocky waters of the Cook Strait and an hour winding along the Queen Charlotte Road with […]

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Windy Wellington

April 25, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

Today finds our sore bodies in the small city of Wellington. Wellington is also known as a “windy city”, and it’s definitely lived up to its name! Despite that, we’ve […]

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Call Me “Princess” No Longer…

April 23, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 4 Comments

I must admit, I’ve often been given the title of “princess” by many different people. And at times, I do have princess-like tendencies. But, if you could only have seen […]

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Meet the Natives of NZ: The Maori and The Kiwi

April 22, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 4 Comments

We fought off jet lag last night to meet two native groups in Rotorua: the Maori and the kiwi. The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. With […]

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Asians in Auckland, Roaming through Rotorua

April 21, 2011by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

Another day, another location. Today we’re in the town of Rotorua, known for their Maori culture and geothermic hot springs. Actually, right now, I’m sitting in a Mcdonald’s, with a […]

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The Château de Montrésor, overlooking the village, with the church in the background. This village is classified as one of the 159 “Most Beautiful Villages of France”.
Traveling in the middle of winter and in the middle of a pandemic is not ideal, but there is one benefit - seeing beautiful villages like these with not-a-person in sight. Read more about how we managed to do a socially-distant road trip last month (pre-lockdown) on my latest blog post (link in bio)...
Looking at these first little signs of spring in the woods…
I’ve been hearing rumors of another lockdown coming, so we’re enjoying the great outdoors while we can...
Life in France is not always a garden of roses (though they can be beautiful). My latest hurdle to establishing French residency was taking an official French test (le test d’evaluation de français or TEF for short). Given that I haven’t taken a French class in over 20 years, this turned out to be an interesting experience. Find out all about it on my latest blog post (link in bio)…
The weatherman was finally right! We got snow today! ❄️
The Jardin des Tuileries peacefully blanketed under a layer of snow 3 years ago. With snow in the weather forecast tomorrow, will this happen again? Stay tuned... ❄️
2020 as a whole has been pretty terrible, but I’m grateful for the little things, such as being able to explore this little corner of Portugal earlier this year, pre-COVID. Thank you @jwabroad and @kaniciacognard for being such great tour guides and taking to some of your favorite areas in the Algarve - it’s easy to see why they were your faves!
I can’t believe that this has been my first post in months. Maybe because I’m usually inspired by travel, and that has been pretty non-existent in 2020 (the exception being this wonderful trip to Seville in January pre-COVID). But there have been little things to be thankful for - specifically being able to return to France after being stuck in the US for 3 months with 4 flights cancelled. Now that we’re back, I’m cautiously planning a trip for the first time in over 6 months. Still unsure on the destination, but it’s definitely going to within driving distance and somewhere where we can spend the majority of our time outdoors and socially distant. And as modest as this is, it’s is giving me the energy to get going again...

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