Over a year ago Josh and I visited New Zealand, including Hobbiton. It was an amazing set, they had rebuilt the entire village for The Hobbit movies, and each Hobbit hole was so detailed and beautiful. We had to sign a disclosure to not post the photos until The...
RTW Days 45-47 The final leg of our trip was upon us. On the 8th we drove from Rotorua to Auckland, stopping for another Lord of the Rings site: Hobbiton. We were in for a fantastic treat. After LOTR was filmed, the Hobbiton set was removed and all that remained were...
RTW: Days 42-44 Our second stop in New Zealand was Rotorua, although I'm not sure it was the best place to stay in the central area of the North Island. We still drove quite a bit every day. Our first day was spent driving there from Wellington, stopping along the way...
RTW: Days 39-41 After two days of airports and flying, we arrived in Wellington, New Zealand from Vietnam. We were so thrilled to be back in New Zealand, which Josh and I have determined is our favorite foreign country. On our previous New Zealand trip we had traveled...
From the heat of a tropical island, we traveled to Christchurch, New Zealand. There it was the beginning of winter. It wasn't below freezing though, but it was chilly. We got our Jucy car rental and our GPS, and entered our destination. We were staying at a rental...