When you least expect it.

October 16, 2009Stories - about life

There are certain things I expected to do during my year in New Zealand. I knew a bit about Fiordland and was looking forward to visiting Milford Sound. I figured a trip to Oz (short for Australia) would be a mandatory pilgrimage while living Down Under. And I couldn’t wait for my first foray to … Read More

Until I can’t…

October 13, 2009Stories - about life

Over the past year or so of traveling and living abroad, I’ve noticed an interesting theme weave itself in and out of the conversations I have with people about what I’m doing – that being the perception that this time of my life is temporary, an idea that’s often expressed in the phrase “while you … Read More

She’ll be coming ’round the mountain…

October 6, 2009Stories - about travel

There couldn’t be a more fitting time for the phrase “Better late than never” than to refer to me going up the mountain for a little snow action. Having not decided to even make the move to Queenstown until early June – once the season had already started – I first missed out on any … Read More

Halfway marks and summer hopes.

September 27, 2009Stories - about travel

And so six months have come and gone. I realized the other day that at this point during my time in London, I was packing up and moving out, anxious about leaving England behind but excited for the long-awaited reunion with family and friends. So to be here in New Zealand with half a year … Read More

Fear meets faith.

September 18, 2009Stories - about travel

If there’s one thing my post at the checkout lane of Premier Taste has shown me, it’s that Queenstown hasn’t earned the name of Adventure Capital of the World for nothing. The number of people who come through my till every day sporting fleeces and jackets emblazoned with the logos of the various companies is … Read More

Springtime in September.

September 14, 2009Stories - about travel

“It’s spring fever…And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! It seems to you that mainly what you want is to get away, get away from the same old tedious things you’re so used … Read More

New doors, old melodies.

September 7, 2009Stories - about life

I’ve always been a person of many passions. Music, writing, photography, travel – so many interests, so little time. Interests I was never okay with relegating to just “hobbies” or Saturday morning projects – they’re all things I could see myself pursuing as a viable career. But with so many doors in front of you, how … Read More

More than the seeing of sights.

August 24, 2009Stories - about travel

“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard Since coming to New Zealand, and to Queenstown especially, it’s funny to be able to catch myself changing. To make a decision and say, “Whoa, I wouldn’t have … Read More