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Author Archives: Scankiwi
South Island Visits & Day Trips – part 2
My journey continued northward from Dunedin along the east coast of the South Island to visit my life long friend Dave in the town of Oamaru. The 112 km drive along the East Coast is dramatic through rugged hills over … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Travel blog
Tagged alexandra, blue penguins, Captain Scott, cromwell, dunstan, elephant rocks, lakes, maniototo, Oamaru, oamaru stone, Omarama, ranfurly, seals, shag point, steampunk, terra nova, totara estate, Victorian architecture, waitaki, Wanaka
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South Island Visits & Day Trips – part 1
It has been awhile since I have had the opportunity to update my blog. Apologies to those who follow it. I haven’t had the time to sit down during the last few months. Too busy enjoying the Swedish summer and … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand
Tagged Cadburys, Dunedin, earnslaw, queenstown, south island, Speights, University of Otago
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Waitangi Day – 6th February 2020
It has not been often in the last 30 years of living abroad that I have been home at the same time as my homeland of New Zealand celebrates its National Day, Waitangi Day on the 6th of February. I … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand
Tagged 1840, aotearoa, crown, europeans, maori, national day, New Zealand, treaty, waitangi
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Water, water and more water!
With a few days of recovery under the belt from the flights from one side of the world to the other in 40 hours, the family decided to assemble for my first weekend home and have a reunion. Mum, all … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Travel blog
Tagged emergency, evacuation, flood, Gore, mataura, rain, river
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Biannual Pilgrimage Home
That time has come around again for the biannual pilgrimage to the homeland to visit family and friends. I was home in June & July of 2017, a winter visit which had only occurred because of a wedding. I try … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, New Zealand
Tagged A350, auckland, Boeing 777, business class, business lounges, cathay pacific, heathrow, hong kong, maunsell sea forts
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SIDE NOTE: Culture Night, Stockholm April 2017
I never managed to make a blog post regarding the first Kulturnatten (Culture Night) I visited in Stockholm in 2017, but in writing about my visit in 2019, I was prompted to make a side note of the visit in … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden
Tagged Blå hallen, Blue Hall, dance, dinner, Golden hall, gyllene salen, Nobel, Ovalen, Prince's gallery, Prinsens galleri, stadshus, stockholm, town hall
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Culture Night in Stockholm, April 2019
In April, I made a weekend trip to Stockholm to visit Patrik & Stefan and to attend what is now becoming a regular yearly event – Kulturnatten (Culture Night). Culture night in Stockholm is an evening when cultural institutions, galleries, … Continue reading
The Christmas adventure continues, London 2018
Saturday we awoke to a sunny but cold London winter morning. The plan was to walk into the City of London and find some brunch along the way. Breakfast got a bit way laid as we stumbled onto some of … Continue reading
A Little Christmas Feeling in London 2018
Good friend Patrik, come up with the idea to spend a weekend in London leading up to Christmas. A bit of quality time together. It took a bit of planning to coordinate our flights to land at Gatwick as close … Continue reading
Posted in Great Britain
Tagged blind beggar, dickensian, dim sum, east end, Hot gay time machine, jack the ripper, Krays, London, rupert street, trafalgar studios, whitechapel
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Reflections – Summer in Austria & Bavaria
To finish the posts of the summer of 2018, I thought I would leave you with some of the impressions & thoughts from the trip. There was certainly a lot of driving done in those 10 days. Nearly 3,200 km … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Bavaria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Tagged acceptance, distance, friendship, history, horror, music, persecution, reflections, thoughts
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