We woke up on the morning of our fifth day hooning around the North Island at a Freedom Camping spot at the beginning of the Manawatu Gorge. It was still. It was peaceful. It was a tad chilly but we just enjoyed our surroundings. Our morning activity was to head to Palmerston North - a … Continue reading Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day five
Tag: Museums
Rome – a classics nerd’s top 10
Rome is where my heart lies, when I go there I feel as my soul sings. Why? As a classics scholar it is the place that brings together almost all of my favourite sites and museums. Here I can imagine that I'm back in the age of the first emperor Augustus and that at any … Continue reading Rome – a classics nerd’s top 10
New Orleans – its not all boobs and beads
One of legs on our epic North American trip was New Orleans. The attraction for Darryl and I was not necessarily getting legless and stumbling our way up Bourbon St (no judgment here, just not my style). Instead, it was HBO's Treme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M1Iagf3GSs Obviously, we aren't going to visit every place we love on TV … Continue reading New Orleans – its not all boobs and beads
The Peterson Odyssey 