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Shitzelplatte, or whatever it’s called
If I had to use three words to describe the Swiss Alps, it’d be holy freaking cow (yes cow, I’ll get to that later). Seriously, we saw some of the most stunning vistas we’ve ever seen, and we’re fairly well travelled. Before getting to Interlaken, we briefly stopped at Lake Blausee. It was a little…
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Oui, not si
Bonjour my American friends! Huh huh huh (pretentious French laugh). Jared and I landed in Switzerland the other day and we hit the ground running. Geneva was kind of a bust – we flew into the airport around 5 and after *someone* forgetting their sweatshirt on the plane and *someone* going to the wrong car…
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New Zealand: An Unexpected Journey
I’ve been so busy the last few days that I haven’t had time to write our last blog! I’m going to keep it brief because honestly last week in Auckland feels like ages ago. Since January 8, we’ve flown home, packed up a U-haul, and headed out to Denver for our move. It was really…
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Waitomo, Matamata and Coromandel Peninsula
Where has the time gone?! Somehow the end of 2018 approached us sneakily from behind. We made the best memories for the 2018 New Year’s Eve and 2019 New Year’s Day. Waitomo On December 31st, we drove to Waitomo. The town itself is super small (someone told us 53 residents), but it’s very well-known for…
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Tongariro, Taupo and Rotorua 🥚
Here comes the good weather! We had beautiful days of sunshine in Tongariro National Park, Great Lake Taupo and smelly-sulfur Rotorua. Taupo The day after our Taranaki hike, our legs were still pretty dead so we decided to put the brakes on Tongariro and visit Taupo instead. Taupo is reportedly the biggest lake in Australasia…
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Well, Well, Well…(ington) and Taranaki
We took the ferry from Picton to Wellington, crossing the Cook Strait in about three hours before landing on the South Island. Wasting no time, we headed straight for an I-site (information center) as we had a big list of items to tackle. It was weird being in an actual city, let alone the capital…
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Kaikoura and Marlborough Region – last days on the South Island
After weeks of traveling through and around the Southern Alps, the coast and various National Parks, our time in the South was coming to an end. It was bittersweet! Leaving Abel Tasman, we only had three days left before we had to be in Picton to catch the ferry to the North Island. The first…
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Tasman Region Part 2: Abel Tasman National Park and Kaiteriteri
Day 1 We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Nelson yet were excited to go to Abel Tasman, as the forecast looked sunny for days. On our way out of Nelson, we stopped at Berrylands for our fruit fixing. The region is known for producing a variety of fruits, mostly berry types but others as well,…
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Tasman Region: Part 1 (Paparoa, Nelson Lakes NP and Nelson)
We made it all the way up the West Coast! The last few days we’ve been hitting National Park after National Park. After Arthur’s Pass NP, we arrived at Paparoa National Park, home to the pancake rocks. The limestone formations were so cool – it literally looked like rocks stacked up one on top of…
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Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers and Hokitika
Glaciers, gorges and glee, oh my! We made it out to the West Coast of New Zealand, and traversed through almost every ecosystem possible to and through here. We saw rainforests, the beach, glaciers and swamp-like land. Fox 🦊 township was the first glacier town we went to once we got to the West Coast.…
Tiff & Jared's adventures 