To get straight to the point: At the beginning of our planning should actually be one of our main New Zealand destinations, because although we both had been there before, but not very common. said mobile home and 4 weeks time. Now this great country is only about five days' stay away actually pretty bad.
parallel to the Mc Donald's visit to the terminal we have to pack quickly - again - a package with all the things that we in the next Weeks need not and do not drag. These are, as well as a few times before, sent Gen. home, always a costly affair. Now we begin to plan the next day, the 4th Landlord at the airport has a car for us, is a price negotiation not to think here. Antonia is surprised: "Dad, we already have another car?" In a "Bed & Breakfast in New Zealand" book of 2007 that lying around in Fiji, we had a few phone numbers written out in Auckland. The Millars sound nice, the phone will sometimes be confusing, but the main message that there would be room for us. Locally we will open an older lady and tells still at the front door half her life story. As things turn out quickly, it is slightly hard of hearing, but answers to questions just always something that they did not understand. After all, she once first Tennis League played in New Zealand. "Well class" thinks Ariane, to a room with family connection, she had still not necessarily desire. In the end it is but very nice in our B & B in Auckland.
One of our first places in Auckland is the local Apple store. Our computer's are not what we want, unfortunately, a new hard disk ago. The guys in the shop are not motivated in this regard and furious only with a certain pressure, and two more hours of stay in the store, we get the machine ready on time to our journey. Whether the time difference we are on the first day all mushy something, even if it is only 4 hours. So we depend a little on the playground and enjoy the view from the Auckland-Bay, which fills the evening with sailing boats of all sizes. At Skyline photo shoot in the evening sun on the beach in Mission Bay, we come up with a happy / easy pair with a total of 6 children in conversation. need an invitation to their house to cancel, we unfortunately, since then along the way already towards Roturua want to be. It would have been funny, after all, the Barbados Kim dating a cousin of the singer "Rihana" and Mathew has worked 8 years in Germany.
Downtown Auckland is Walk fast. One evening we put on a ferry to Devonport, to meet us there with Karen, a school friend of Erik, the New Zealand emigrated together with her friend. An uncomplicated nice evening in which we learn more about the motives of emigration and life in New Zealand.
order not to spend the full five days in Auckland, it goes on day 3 after a quick climb of the one closest to our pension Hills Obelisk for the benefit of Maori towards Rotorua. Overall it seems that the Maoi story is much more integrated in New Zealand society than in the history of Aboriginal Australia - which has also been confirmed by our friend Belinda from Australia.
Rotorua - the city of geysers and hot springs, about 4 hours south of Auckland. The trip gives a good impression of the beauty of the New Zealand landscape, the significantly "Sweeter" than the Australian-wide appears.
course, we bathe in the hot springs up and the children to that. 500m walk through the hot springs convincing.
Fortunately, the Kiwis in a position to runterzukühlen almost boiling water, which comes from the earth, through various Abkühlmechanismen to 42-38 degrees.
And again we find immigrants, a German / Mexan couple wants with his two Children to emigrate to New Zealand because they have children, etc. Mexico is too dangerous. The girls are fascinated by the bubbling and steaming hot water, the bath itself to them but is then quickly bit too hot. Even if this water contains many minerals, we believe it all not for long. The nights will be phone calls and emails with STA Travel in London used to finally determine the route from Buenos Aires, including flights to Miami and reserve. Thanks this also works Jurga Crössmann as always straightforward, fast and relatively inexpensive.
Ariane's birthday breakfast we spend on a small B & B Farm, surrounded by sheep and with stunning views over the "Lord of the Rings" scenery.
Thoroughly tested with birthday festivities, apple muffins and balloons and birthday candles purchased in Australia begins the new age of good. Already 20 years Ariane could ever celebrate her birthday in New Zealand. At that time in the South Island and on a farm where she worked for 9 months to prepare horses for sale including to Europe. If the next 20 years running as exciting and successful as the last, this can only be a good omen. After breakfast, the return trip is already to Auckland, it's also about time to catch the flight to Buenos Aires. Would be annoying to miss a long-haul flight. A brief stop along the way we allow ourselves yet to observe a cross country from afar, Ariane may revel a bit in the past.
This time super time we reach the airport and read the same, that our flight is due to the earthquake in Chile, about 7 hours late and will now start at 2 clock in the morning. The time seems a bit long and boring, so we quickly get the keys to our rental car just the votes again and think, go at least once more in the inner city. A spontaneous Call to the new beach acquaintance Mathew and Kim leads to spontaneous invitation, we will gladly accept the hospitality. With wine and a national drink of Barbados - the kids seize the trampoline and other outdoor toys - we spend the last hours in New Zealand in a cheerful and uncomplicated openness. After we have initiated several times to see you again in Germany, we go late at night again gene airport with the good news that does not further our plane is delayed or canceled was.
By pure coincidence, I wanted the already booked flight to Santiago in any case be forfeited to the first Weeks to stay in Argentina. Something hard it would have been if our itinerary, as envisaged only Chile had provided. Because of the earthquake lies the country and of course the air traffic completely stopped. We'll see how the situation is the end of March if we want to travel to Chile to the north and need.
late at night is, snowboarding and we are unfortunately not yet, as planned by Erik long in landing, for a birthday dinner on time in Buenos Aires. After all, is extended by this route Ariane's birthday just once by 16 hours. Full impressions and leave with nice new friends like the beautiful country Despite the short time we have seen and experienced a lot.
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