Due to the incredible generosity of our cousins here in NZ we are going to be touring and house sitting for the next 3 months. This is the first instalment of our journey taking us from Katikati on the north island to Christchurch on the south.
Once in Martinborough we completed our first of five house sits we have confirmed for New Zealand. You can read more about our time exploring and sampling wine in our previous posts.
The next leg of our journey involved a bit of a marathon day of travel getting from Martinborough to Christchurch in one day. It would have been nice to break up the trip but it worked out that our second house sit started on the same day as the first one ended. Thus a 12.5 hour travel day was in order.
On the six hour drive from Picton to Christchurch we were introduced to what seems to have come to define the south island these days, earthquake recovery.
We were in New Zealand in February 2011 when the Christchurch earthquake struck but were lucky enough to safely be on the north island. At the time, it was incredible to witness the country’s, and the world’s, response to that event on local news. Now being able to get a glimpse at the type of power and damage that a quake of that size unleashes, my admiration for the people of this nation continues to grow.
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Peter & Karen Pecksen wrote:
> peterpecksen posted: “Due to the incredible generosity of our cousins here > in NZ we are going to be touring and house sitting for the next 3 months. > This is the first instalment of our journey taking us from Katikati on the > north island to Christchurch on the south. ” >
Love the water images! What a wonderful travel!
About the avocados, I learned a trick from my mother to put the not ripe ones in a bowl of rice – usually they ripe within two-three days. I heard as well that we can wrap them with aluminum foil to ripen the avocado. Trust you enjoyed the avocados at the end 🙂 Always love them!
Glad to see you made it through to Christchurch and beyond. Long day, but lots to see as well. All the best for future travelling – maybe our paths may cross again on the other side of the world.
AMAZING man.
Really.
Cheers and kind regards,
Bryce Sherman
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Peter & Karen Pecksen wrote:
> peterpecksen posted: “Due to the incredible generosity of our cousins here > in NZ we are going to be touring and house sitting for the next 3 months. > This is the first instalment of our journey taking us from Katikati on the > north island to Christchurch on the south. ” >
Blessings to you in New Zealand…loved this post and really excited for you guys.
Keep healthy and living strong !!!
Lauri
xo
Love the water images! What a wonderful travel!
About the avocados, I learned a trick from my mother to put the not ripe ones in a bowl of rice – usually they ripe within two-three days. I heard as well that we can wrap them with aluminum foil to ripen the avocado. Trust you enjoyed the avocados at the end 🙂 Always love them!
Glad to see you made it through to Christchurch and beyond. Long day, but lots to see as well. All the best for future travelling – maybe our paths may cross again on the other side of the world.
Loving the South Island.