Thoughts on New Zealand! I loved being in NZ. It was great to see John and Sally in Auckland - it felt just like old times in Dublin. I loved our campervan in the South Island - it was great fun driving and exploring everywhere. Marlborough was awesome as we enjoy sauv blanc and getting to see where it is made was quite an experience. Everywhere we went was so beautiful - NZ has so many natural phenomena that it gets quite overwhelming. Every vista is better tha...

The next day (Thursday 12th January) we got up and drove the short drive to Dunedin. This was first called New Edinburgh by the first Scottish settlers and has lots of Scottish influence which I really liked. Our first stop was Cadbury World! As some of you may know I do like my chocolate so this was great fun for me. We learned all about the history of Cadbury in NZ and got lots of free chocolate throughout the tour. We also got to try fresh liquid chocolate - i...