The next stop on our New Zealand Cruise is Akaroa to swim with the Dolphins. This is a must book once in a life time excursion that had been on the top of our list for a very long time. We booked through a family […]
Picton is a harbor village that serves as the New Zealand’s south island ferry terminal. It is also the start of the Queen Charlotte hiking track. This was the one port that we had not scheduled a tour. One of the main excursions is taking […]
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. We were excited to explore all the amazing things to do in Wellington. Best of all everything we wanted to do we could do without a tour and at minimal cost. Cable Car and Botanical Garden We […]
Napier has been one cruise port that I have been looking forward to since I researched the Art Deco city. The city of Napier was destroyed by an earthquake back in 1931. They rebuilt the city in the new up and coming style Art Deco […]
Our first full day on our 10 day New Zealand cruise was a stop at the port city of Tauranga which, technically the port is in Mount Maunganui. Mount Maunganui is a resort community on the coast. Most cruise tours use this port to take […]
The day had finally arrived for us to board our New Zealand cruise to Australia. The 10 day trip was on the Norwegian Jewel. This was our “make up” cruise from the disaster of our previous cruise breaking down at sea for two day in […]
We arrived into New Zealand and off we went to explore Cathedral Cove & Hot Water Beach. Our flights into New Zealand were long- think over 24 hours with layovers but they went smooth and we made all our connections. We flew ORD-SFO-AKL. Once we […]
It seems like everyone’s dream trip is to visit New Zealand and Australia including us. It had been on the top of our bucket list for so long that we can’t remember when it wasn’t on the list. We visited Australia in 2017 but that […]
This is a continuation of trip reports from our Mediterranean Cruise. The other trip reports listed at the bottom. Mykonos Mediterranean Cruise Mykonos Mediterranean Cruise- After three busy days, We were ready for relaxing beach day. Mykonos has lots of charm in the cobblestone back streets coated in […]
This is a continuation of trip reports from our Mediterranean Cruise. The other trip reports listed at the bottom. Our cruise ship actually docked in Izmir, Turkey which is about an hour north of Ephesus (aka the main attraction). For this reason it is imperative […]
