Author Archives: Scankiwi
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
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
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
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
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
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
Day 10 – Homeward bound as fast as I can.
Awoke in this morning and feeling not much better. Had been a rough night. Thankfully next to the hotel was a Shell Petrol station so while I was filling up with petrol I was able to buy some more paracetamol … Continue reading
Day 9 – On the trail of the Grand Tour
Awoke to a lovely sunny morning and over breakfast faced the fact that in an hour I would have to say bye to my friends from NZ and head north (first sad thing of the day). The start of a … Continue reading
