I'm off to New Zealand for work tomorrow morning. Not, unfortunately, the all-expenses-paid kind of work trip, but rather the painful pay-for-everything-yourself self-employment kind of trip. I'd been mostly thinking of it as an expensive hassle until I did a search for information on the town I'm going to (Te Aroha, pretty name!) and learned it
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...still putting together case studies to take with me at the last minute...
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I always rather fancied it for myself. Along with Katherine. Then I'd be Aroha Katherine and that would make me very happy indeed.
Will it be courses non-stop, or will you have a chance to do some sightseeing? I think Wairere Falls is near there?
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I have a couple of days to look around at the end. Have just glanced at the guidebook and can't see Wairere Falls; will read it properly on the plane tomorrow. Where's your family from?
...STILL putting together case studies...
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My great-aunt Jane lives in Rotorua (I always liked her because she used to get my name right and my brother's name wrong and all our other extended relatives always remembered him and called me 'Marie'). When great-uncle Robert was alive we used to stopover in Rotorua all the time on our way down to, or back from Wellington.
My Mum lived in Rotorua until she was about 13 as well.
Te Aroha is a nice day-trip away.
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BTW, I totally recommend the hot springs in Rotorua. Especially at night. It's got an open roof and you can watch the stars as you get nice and toasty in the springs. It was one of the many highlights of our trip there. (Darn, now I want to go back to NZ.)
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We got to both the North and South Islands. The west coast of the South Island is unbelievably beautiful, and when we go back (we totally plan on going back some day) we want to spend a lot more time there.
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