This week’s travel theme is N for Napier – and for Wednesday, its a lovely church in the heart of the town. It is “The Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier” – which is quite a mouthful! It is more often referred to as “Waiapu Cathedral”, “St John’s Cathedral”, or “Napier Cathedral” ……
Napier, New Zealand, is world renowned for its Art Deco buildings – it has such a smorgasbord of structures on display that it could take days just to photograph them. But WHY does Napier have so many? From tragedy rises beauty. One of New Zealand’s nicknames is “The Shaky Isles” – because it sits on the boundary of…
This week’s travel theme is N for Napier, a city on New Zealand’s North Island, most noted for its extensive array of Art Deco buildings. And one of the first places to catch the eye of tourists is the Masonic Hotel, right on the waterfront of this seaside town. It is the third iteration of…
This week, our Travel pics series is G for Gardens. Some people have a green thumb. In fact, my grandfather was once reputed to have stuck a dead, dry stick in the ground – and have it grow. Me, I’m the opposite. If I plant something, it’s almost guaranteed to die. Although I suspect that’s partly because…
This week, our Travel pics series is C, for Cruise Ships. The final image this week is of the only ship we’ve travelled on twice (so far) .. the Carnival Spirit. The Spirit is a 15 year old ship, and is the namesake of the Spirit class of vessels. She was the first of the ‘American’…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is X (Marks the spot). And for Saturday, the X is eXaggerated valleys of New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park. The region, on the southwest of the Southern Island of New Zealand, features three main sounds: Doubtful, Dusky and Milford – each of which has deeply gouged fiord valleys…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is up to Q – so we’ve chosen Quiet Reflections. We visited Dunedin, New Zealand on a cruise ship (the Carnival Spirit) and loved the city – it was small but vibrant, friendly, historic and beautiful. But it was as we sailed out again that I was…
