“Kia Ora” ~ Welcome to New Zealand Days 11~12: Auckland Our flight landed in New Zealand in the late afternoon. I have family in Auckland and had visited New Zealand three times before but not since 2002, so I was …
Day 5: Maroochydore and the North Noosa Coast We woke up in Maroochydore to cornflower blue skies We were told to dress for the beach and to be ready for a 9am departure. We drove north for about 30 minutes …
Life’s twists and turns, call them coincidences or serendipities never cease to amaze. In May I had stood by the harbor in Genoa, Italy, the birth place of the infamous explorer, Christopher Columbus. Three weeks later, quite unintentionally, I found myself …
