Category Archives: Travel

Sapporo

New Years Day had us learning how trains work in Japan! We got a train from Niseko to Kutchan, another from Kutchan to Otaru and then finally, one more from Otaru to Sapporo. Phew! It sounds like hard work, but actually was no harder than getting the bus into town 🙂 It’s organised chaos but it works. At Niseko Station,ContinueContinue reading “Sapporo”

Snowboarding!

After our long journey to Japan, our visit to the ski fields was fantastic; we stayed in two gorgeous, snow emersed hotels and had a lot of fun together in the snow.  After one night in a capsule hotel, The Lodge Annapuri, we had to move on to our proper hotel for the remainder of our visit: Pension Tomten. ContinueContinue reading “Snowboarding!”

Getting to Niseko

This year James and I went all out on a big adventure and travelled to Japan for the festive season (and Seoul too, but you’ll hear more about that later). It exceeded all expectations and I most certainly want to go back. As soon as possible! There was snow and ice, winds that shut downContinueContinue reading “Getting to Niseko”

Zealandia

Today we went to Zealandia with James’s sister Jane (she’s in NZ on holiday). As I’d never been (well not properly), I thought it might be fun 🙂 We started in the cafe with Jane’s NZ friends and a healthy brunch! Zealandia has paths all round with walks, easy hikes and harder hikes. We chose the ‘recommended route’ whichContinueContinue reading “Zealandia”

New Years Road Trip

James and I took an epic road-trip over the North Island for the holidays. 27th December: Wellington-Taupo  Getting up and beginning a road-trip with the worst hangover I think i’ve ever had was not a very good idea! Poor James had to do all of the driving for the whole day as I felt pretty shocking. At one point we were walking round K-Mart in PalmerstonContinueContinue reading “New Years Road Trip”

Christmas 2016

We began Christmas with a huge food spread, yesterday, courtesy of  Blayne and Lisa. There was sooooo much food. There were so many different types of cheese, crackers and spreads and I think I might have eaten my entire body weight in cheese! Christmas morning I was told – in no uncertain terms – not to wake James up before 8am…so of course I wokeContinueContinue reading “Christmas 2016”