New Zealand was nothing short of absolute magic. We loved it there. The weather was perfect it was fall while we were there. The seasons are reversed of the US. It was so family friendly everyone kept inviting us to move there saying they need more families, there were family parking spaces at the grocery store beautiful park and beaches everywhere. People were very kind and I was super impressd by the school that were so laid back if I child needed a break they are welcome to just leave the classroom and go play for a while. I also loved the food. They try to produce everything locally which means beaut6fresh inexpensive produce and so many more healthy choices than were used to in the US. It was definitely a mixing bowl with cultures from all over the world, plus who doesn't love the sound of a New Zealand accent.
The old gold mine. We saw glow worms here
Whiritoa (pronounced firitoa) so beautiful with caves to explore
The Costco here was my favorite one I've ever been to. So many more healthy options than were used to and the prices were amazing.
Our flight was cancelled so we had to wait for a 2 am flight this was quite the debacle with 7 kids in tow. The poor babies were falling asleep all over the place. We had to go through the whole process of checking at the airport twice. It was super crazy and probably the most anxiety I have ever felt in my life. This experience alone might prevent me from ever traveling internationally with my kids again.
Captain Cook's landing in Nukalofa. We stopped here on our way to the airpor in route to New Zealand for a week.
