The Rugby World Cup
I am writing this on the Sunday Morning of the finals of the Rugby World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Tonight’s final match will be the New Zealand All Blacks vs Les Bleus of France. I was last in New Zealand in 2007. I spent 3 weeks driving around the country and the one thing [...]
Monday’s Links For Curious People – Auckland Edition
This week brings me to the land of the Long White Cloud: New Zealand! I was invited by Qantas Airlines to participate in The Great Crusade to support the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup. This weekend I attended the two semi-final games: Wales vs France and New Zealand vs Australia. This Friday we’ll be [...]
8 Things You Might Not Have Known About New Zealand
When this is posted, I should be arriving in New Zealand via Qantas Airlines for the first time in over 4 years. I’ll be spending the next 10 days driving around with Aussies who are there for the Rugby World Cup. Because I never did it last time, I think it is time for another [...]
The Seven Wonders of New Zealand
Ladies, gentlemen and Kiwis of all ages. With the assistance of New Zealand native son Craig Martin, author of the Travelling Europe ebook, I present to you the Seven Wonders of New Zealand! White Island Known as Whakaari in the local Maori dialect, the name “White Island” came from Captain Cook who thought it was [...]
ANZAC Day
Today is ANZAC* Day in Australia, New Zealand and several countries in the Pacific (Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji I think). It is the day which Australians and Kiwis remember their war dead. In the US it would be the equivalent of Memorial Day, or Remembrance Day in the UK. ANZAC Day, from what I’ve gathered, [...]
