Hey guys!
Sorry its been SO long since we have done a blog post! We havent been up to much, trying to save some money, spending time moving into our new apartment, and most importantly, trying to save up money so we could spend some time with Matty's parents!
I will put up pictures of our apartment on my baking blog so you can see that I can no longer call it "Cooking Without a Kitchen".
Matty's parents arrived here on April 13th, left NZ on the 28th :( and we hit the ground running and didnt stop moving the entire time! As Matt and John like to say, we were going 90m/h or 144.8km/h the whole time they were here haha :D.
Unfortunately Matty had to work, so he wasnt able to spend the entire time with his parents, but the first weekend we all went up to the Bay of Islands, which is about 3 hours north of Auckland. Over Easter weekend, Matty took Thursday, Friday and Monday off and we flew down to Queenstown, one of the most southern parts of the South Island. So although Matty had to work most of the time, he was able to spend a lot of good time with his parents, and we were able to see A LOT of the country!
The very first day the Walkers arrived, we took a walk downtown, went to the Sky Tower, walked all the way to Parnell (which is about a 30 minute walk from the city, and I may have underestimated the walk a bit haha), had lunch and took the bus back to the apartment! John and Denise were happy about that :)
Here's what we did while they were here:
-Viewed the CBD and Parnell
-Went to the Auckland Museum
-Ate dinner at the Sky Tower
-Ate the best dinner ever at Pasti's (French restaurant)
-Went to the Bay of Islands
-Took a 40 minute drive to Piha Beach
-Ate dinner at Buenes Aires, an Argentinian restaurant
-Flew down to Queenstown for Easter weekend, where we got to hang out with our good friends Mo and Matt Dearing (oh yeah and also got to see Sam Neill at a wine festival). Queenstown was such an AMAZING town, we didnt want to leave! We got to go see so many things, and got to spend so much time with Mo and Matt, who recently moved from Auckland to Christchurch, so we dont get to see them much anymore. The colors were so pretty (its fall here), and the South Island is a lot colder than the north, so they are hitting fall harder than we are here. It was so much fun, we didnt want to come back here! I could live in Queenstown EASY!
-Watched people bungy jump (no way we didnt do that!)
-Went to Waiheke Island (a 40 min ferry ride from Auckland)
-Went to Devonport (a 20 min drive from Auckland)
and SO much more that I cant even remember it all!
We had such an AMAZING time and we were all sad to have them be leaving. It was so great, and to us, it honestly feels very surreal. It almost feels like a dream. It went by so fast, but it is so nice that we were able to have such a special time!
Im going to post a link to the pictures, and I will post more later. I had to stop uploading them because the internet was having some problems, but I will post more as soon as I can.
Enjoy and check back soon, because I PROMISE I will put up more as soon as I can :)
https://picasaweb.google.com/104540783822954012462/WalkersTrip?authkey=Gv1sRgCOWWv4HbsaGogQE&feat=directlink
Monday, May 9, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Art Auction
Hey Everyone!
So as everyone knows there was the big earthquake in Christchurch, NZ. And now there has been a huge one in Japan... pretty crazy things happening in the world right now.
One of my friends and fellow animator at work, Claudia Kleinheinz, has organized an art auction where all the money for every piece of art we sell will go to the Red Cross charity for Christchurch. I have donated a piece of art along with some incredibly talented artists from around the world. We have got character designers from Walt Disney Animation Studios and animators and illustrators who are internationally known. Check out the link below and see some of the art that has been submitted so far. When the auction begins, feel free to bid on some art work. You could buy an incredible piece of art for your home, as well as contribute to a good cause.
http://www.art-for-christchurch.blogspot.com/
Thank you for checking this out and we appreciate your support.
Matt & Carla
So as everyone knows there was the big earthquake in Christchurch, NZ. And now there has been a huge one in Japan... pretty crazy things happening in the world right now.
One of my friends and fellow animator at work, Claudia Kleinheinz, has organized an art auction where all the money for every piece of art we sell will go to the Red Cross charity for Christchurch. I have donated a piece of art along with some incredibly talented artists from around the world. We have got character designers from Walt Disney Animation Studios and animators and illustrators who are internationally known. Check out the link below and see some of the art that has been submitted so far. When the auction begins, feel free to bid on some art work. You could buy an incredible piece of art for your home, as well as contribute to a good cause.
http://www.art-for-christchurch.blogspot.com/
Thank you for checking this out and we appreciate your support.
Matt & Carla
Saturday, February 26, 2011
People of Auckland
Hey everyone!
Its been a while since the last post, but we are doing good! On a serious note, there has been a huge earthquake in Christchurch, which has made international news. Its pretty bad, but Carla and I are safe. We are actually quite far from the damage. But the people down there are going through a hard time, so our prayers go out to them.
But to lighten things up a bit, I wanted to do a post about the people in Auckland. I walk to work everyday and I see SO many interesting people in the city. There are some characters in this city! So I've made it a goal of mine to find someone everyday that sticks out to me. Then when I get to work I sketch them! Its fun, and it gets me off to a nice, creative start to my day of animating. Here is a few of the people I see around Auckland, New Zealand!
All Angles
Little Fat Guy waiting at the light
Mr. Slick
Right out of the 50's
Ultra Skinny Woman grabbing a pastry
Tiny Legs 
Morning skateboarder
Running fingers through her hair
I hope you liked them, I'm still learning everyday. And there are certainly some challenges that I'm trying to get through.... the dreaded hands! haha But I'm really enjoying this creative outlet. And like I said, its even helping my animation. I'm seeing posing clearer and developing a strong shape language. Everyday I'm learning more and more.
Its been a while since the last post, but we are doing good! On a serious note, there has been a huge earthquake in Christchurch, which has made international news. Its pretty bad, but Carla and I are safe. We are actually quite far from the damage. But the people down there are going through a hard time, so our prayers go out to them.
But to lighten things up a bit, I wanted to do a post about the people in Auckland. I walk to work everyday and I see SO many interesting people in the city. There are some characters in this city! So I've made it a goal of mine to find someone everyday that sticks out to me. Then when I get to work I sketch them! Its fun, and it gets me off to a nice, creative start to my day of animating. Here is a few of the people I see around Auckland, New Zealand!
Backpack Surfer
All Angles 
Little Fat Guy waiting at the light
Mr. Slick
Right out of the 50's
Ultra Skinny Woman grabbing a pastry
Tiny Legs
Gracefully skipping over a puddle (shoes in hand)
Morning skateboarder
Running fingers through her hair 
I hope you liked them, I'm still learning everyday. And there are certainly some challenges that I'm trying to get through.... the dreaded hands! haha But I'm really enjoying this creative outlet. And like I said, its even helping my animation. I'm seeing posing clearer and developing a strong shape language. Everyday I'm learning more and more.
Oh, by the way, I got a new desk at work! I'll do a post with some pictures soon!
-The Walkers
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Auckland Seafood Festival
Yesterday Carla and I got to go to a really fun event. The Auckland Seafood Festival! It was so cool. We were by the water with all of these really nice boats around. And it was a day that we got to try some really good and fresh fish!
First we tried some smoked marlin. That was so good with a really nice smokey flavor. Next we went and bought some fresh full prawns! Here is Carla with a basket of them.
So if you know me, Im picky and I dont really like shrimp. But I thought hey, Im at a seafood festival, I might as well try! So I did and they were so good! Carla and I had a great time pulling them apart and eating some great prawns.
It was a really cool festival with tons of people. We even got some ice cream later. It was definitely a day of trying new things, we even saw something we had never seen before. And that was a woman walking around wearing nothing but paint! We are certainly in another country! But we had so much fun, and the food was fantastic!
We also had some wine there which was great and we got these cool wine glasses that we can keep forever!
Here are Carla and I at the end of the festival. We had such a great time and got to try some fanstastic seafood!
First we tried some smoked marlin. That was so good with a really nice smokey flavor. Next we went and bought some fresh full prawns! Here is Carla with a basket of them.
So if you know me, Im picky and I dont really like shrimp. But I thought hey, Im at a seafood festival, I might as well try! So I did and they were so good! Carla and I had a great time pulling them apart and eating some great prawns.
It was a really cool festival with tons of people. We even got some ice cream later. It was definitely a day of trying new things, we even saw something we had never seen before. And that was a woman walking around wearing nothing but paint! We are certainly in another country! But we had so much fun, and the food was fantastic!
We also had some wine there which was great and we got these cool wine glasses that we can keep forever!
Here are Carla and I at the end of the festival. We had such a great time and got to try some fanstastic seafood!
And again, heres a link to the rest of the pictures:
Just to let you guys know, we will still be putting up posts, but we are going to be trying to stay in a bit to save up some money so when our families come and visit, we can go on some adventures with them!
Keep checking in!
Matty and Carla
Holiday Road Trip Part 2 - Wellington
Ok, so please forgive us for taking so long to finish our posts on our holiday trip. We have been really busy, and mostly, we have just been slacking. But without further ado, here is Wellington!
So after having a blast in Rotorua, we got on the road again and headed down to Wellington. You cannot imagine how green the entire country is. It is just so crazy, that we had to show you all a picture of the scenery that we were driving through.
And for all you nerds (and non-nerds) who have seen the Lord of the Rings movies, this next picture is of the infamous Mt Doom! And isnt this just a great picture of it, with the fog rolling off of it.... very dark haha
Then we got down to Wellington, and a couple friends of ours were so great and let us stay with them. It was so fun haning out with them and being shown around Wellington. When we got there, we didnt really know what we were going to do, so Emily, who we were staying with, took us to Mt Victoria, which is also a small Mount in Auckland (very creative these Kiwi's are); but the view from here was incredible. As you can see behind us, that is a view of the Wellington harbor. Its such a pretty city.
We then went out to Thai food with Jeff and Emily and some of Jeff's coworkers. Those people were great, and really funny. That was also our first time having Thai food! So we were a little nervous but it ended up being really really good!
So after having a blast in Rotorua, we got on the road again and headed down to Wellington. You cannot imagine how green the entire country is. It is just so crazy, that we had to show you all a picture of the scenery that we were driving through.
And for all you nerds (and non-nerds) who have seen the Lord of the Rings movies, this next picture is of the infamous Mt Doom! And isnt this just a great picture of it, with the fog rolling off of it.... very dark haha Then we got down to Wellington, and a couple friends of ours were so great and let us stay with them. It was so fun haning out with them and being shown around Wellington. When we got there, we didnt really know what we were going to do, so Emily, who we were staying with, took us to Mt Victoria, which is also a small Mount in Auckland (very creative these Kiwi's are); but the view from here was incredible. As you can see behind us, that is a view of the Wellington harbor. Its such a pretty city.
We then went out to Thai food with Jeff and Emily and some of Jeff's coworkers. Those people were great, and really funny. That was also our first time having Thai food! So we were a little nervous but it ended up being really really good!The next day we went to the Wellington Botanic gardens and those were pretty amazing. We even got to ride a cable car up to them. Then me, Carla, and Emily went to Jeffs work to pick him up for lunch. Jeff works at Weta so we all wanted to go check out the Weta Cave which is their gift shop and film sculpture displays. Right here is one of the Orcs from Lord of the Rings. It was probably 7 feet tall!
And here is Gollum! The sculpture is so cool and detailed! It was a ton of fun to seem, and Carla and I were dorks and both got pictures with it.
We went out to lunch and had a great time hanging out. Then after we dropped Jeff off, Emily took us for a drive around the harbor. Its so beautiful, and there are so many turn offs. So we stopped at this little rocky area. It was amazing! The water was so crystal clear and there were sea shells everywhere. Carla even found a full abaloni shell!!
Emily was even kind enough to take a picture of us with the beautiful background :) That area is so cool, all of the houses are built on a cliff and some of them even have a gondola to take them from the garage to the house! We also stopped at a beach that was so different from any we have ever been to. Instead of sand it had little smooth multi colored rocks. It felt very strange to walk through. Also, another different thing about the beach, is that it is a clothes optional beach... haha yeah. Pretty funny. We also hear that in the winter it is not rare to see a blue penguin at that beach! Too bad we wont be there to see it. But we did see some bright blue jellyfish! At the end of this post we will put a link to the rest of the pictures from our trip, that way you can see what weve been talking about! Please go check them out!
The last thing we did in Wellington was took a night tour at this place called Zealandia! The four of went on this tour that went from 8 to 11pm. You walk through a nature reserve in the pitch black dark and you listen to all the different kind of wildlife. We saw and heard lots of NZ bird life, including the Tui bird, the Kaka bird (a NZ parrot), and tons of others. We also got to see this animal in the picture below. It is called a Tuatara, which is a lizard, but the cool thing about this animal, is that it is considered to be the last of its species. Which species is it you ask? The dinosaur species of course!
On this tour, when it got really dark, we were able to see hundreds upon hundreds of glow worms lighting up the cliff walls as we were walking along. We were unable to take pictures of them of course, but they were astounding to see. They looked like small bright blue LED lights just floating in mid-air. It was really cool!
And here is Gollum! The sculpture is so cool and detailed! It was a ton of fun to seem, and Carla and I were dorks and both got pictures with it.
We went out to lunch and had a great time hanging out. Then after we dropped Jeff off, Emily took us for a drive around the harbor. Its so beautiful, and there are so many turn offs. So we stopped at this little rocky area. It was amazing! The water was so crystal clear and there were sea shells everywhere. Carla even found a full abaloni shell!!
Emily was even kind enough to take a picture of us with the beautiful background :) That area is so cool, all of the houses are built on a cliff and some of them even have a gondola to take them from the garage to the house! We also stopped at a beach that was so different from any we have ever been to. Instead of sand it had little smooth multi colored rocks. It felt very strange to walk through. Also, another different thing about the beach, is that it is a clothes optional beach... haha yeah. Pretty funny. We also hear that in the winter it is not rare to see a blue penguin at that beach! Too bad we wont be there to see it. But we did see some bright blue jellyfish! At the end of this post we will put a link to the rest of the pictures from our trip, that way you can see what weve been talking about! Please go check them out!
The last thing we did in Wellington was took a night tour at this place called Zealandia! The four of went on this tour that went from 8 to 11pm. You walk through a nature reserve in the pitch black dark and you listen to all the different kind of wildlife. We saw and heard lots of NZ bird life, including the Tui bird, the Kaka bird (a NZ parrot), and tons of others. We also got to see this animal in the picture below. It is called a Tuatara, which is a lizard, but the cool thing about this animal, is that it is considered to be the last of its species. Which species is it you ask? The dinosaur species of course!
On this tour, when it got really dark, we were able to see hundreds upon hundreds of glow worms lighting up the cliff walls as we were walking along. We were unable to take pictures of them of course, but they were astounding to see. They looked like small bright blue LED lights just floating in mid-air. It was really cool!Now, as cool as all of this was, we were not going to be happy if we paid for this tour and were unable to see/hear the main event.....
We were walking along a path, all trying to be very quiet, when our tour guide said "Stop! Look there!" and we saw a KIWI bird running across the path right in front of us. Please go google a Kiwi bird if you have never seen one, because they are the cutest (funniest) looking animal ever, and looks like it should be extinct! It was so cool to see one running across our path. They are these little, clumsy, flightless birds (dont even have wings) and this one just walked around without a care in the world. It didnt even care that we were standing not 5 feet away from it. It was so amazing, and this is one of the hardest birds to see here, as they are night animals, and are mostly found in the "bush" or woods. Of course, we were unable to get pictures of these either, but we will never forget them!
And the links to the rest of the pictures:
Thanks so much and hope you all enjoy the pictures.
Love,
Matty and Carla
Friday, January 21, 2011
Cooking without a Kitchen!
Hello to all of you out there!
So we have to take a quick side track from our trip to Wellington, which I promise, more is on the way! But right now I want to share with you a new blog that is being written by my beautiful wife, Carla!
Because I am at work all day, she is taking this year to explore a passion of hers... Baking! She has picked up a New Zealand baking book and she has picked out a lot of recipes that she is going to bake this year, and if she finds she truly loves it, we are going to look into some culinary schools when we get back to the States. But that's not all! If you have seen our apartment, we hardly have a kitchen. Its tiny and doesn't even have an oven, so head on over to her blog and read about her joys and challenges of cooking without a kitchen!
Bon appetit!
Matty and Carla
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Holiday Road Trip part 1: Rotorua
Sorry for the long wait, but here is the first part of the road trip we took while on Christmas break! We hope all of you had great holidays and now its time to tell you about ours!
So Carla and I decided that we needed to take advantage of the 2 weeks I had off of work for Christmas. So we rented a car and drove the entire North Island of New Zealand! It was pretty incredible, we saw and experienced SO much new stuff!
So the first step was renting a car. We had never rented a car before so that in itself was a bit of a challenge, but we figured it out! We got to the car rental place Monday morning ready to pick up our car and our handy GPS unit. Oh wait... thats right, they were all out of GPS units! Even though the day before we had called twice just to make sure we would have one. Well, what are you going to do. We are proud to say that we made the entire trip the old school way... with a MAP!! So we had our car and our map... then all we had to do was figure out how to drive on the other side of the road! We sat in the parking lot for probably 15 minutes just pumping ourselves up to have the courage to go.
And were off!
Driving on the other side of the road was quite an experience! Everytime a car drove past us I think I stopped breathing... so overall I dont think I was breathing the whole way to our first stop, Rotorua. But we made the 3 hour trip nice and safe and we got to our hotel.
We went to check in and the lady behind the counter was the sweetest Kiwi woman we have met! And then something happened that we had never experenced before. We were given our room key... and a carton of milk. Hmmm... you might be asking why? Yeah, so were we. I almost didnt take the milk until she insisted that we take it. When I said "the milk is for us?" She said, "Of course, for your cup o' tea" hahaha our cup of tea!
This place was so cute and the funniest part of the entire hotel was hot tiny the bathroom sink was. I mean look at it! Look at Carla putting her hands in the teeny tiny sink.
So Carla and I decided that we needed to take advantage of the 2 weeks I had off of work for Christmas. So we rented a car and drove the entire North Island of New Zealand! It was pretty incredible, we saw and experienced SO much new stuff!
So the first step was renting a car. We had never rented a car before so that in itself was a bit of a challenge, but we figured it out! We got to the car rental place Monday morning ready to pick up our car and our handy GPS unit. Oh wait... thats right, they were all out of GPS units! Even though the day before we had called twice just to make sure we would have one. Well, what are you going to do. We are proud to say that we made the entire trip the old school way... with a MAP!! So we had our car and our map... then all we had to do was figure out how to drive on the other side of the road! We sat in the parking lot for probably 15 minutes just pumping ourselves up to have the courage to go.
And were off!
Driving on the other side of the road was quite an experience! Everytime a car drove past us I think I stopped breathing... so overall I dont think I was breathing the whole way to our first stop, Rotorua. But we made the 3 hour trip nice and safe and we got to our hotel.
We went to check in and the lady behind the counter was the sweetest Kiwi woman we have met! And then something happened that we had never experenced before. We were given our room key... and a carton of milk. Hmmm... you might be asking why? Yeah, so were we. I almost didnt take the milk until she insisted that we take it. When I said "the milk is for us?" She said, "Of course, for your cup o' tea" hahaha our cup of tea!
This place was so cute and the funniest part of the entire hotel was hot tiny the bathroom sink was. I mean look at it! Look at Carla putting her hands in the teeny tiny sink.
So then we decided to take a look around Rotorua! New Zealand is such a beautiful country, and we will have more pictures of the drive in later posts. But for now, here is the infamous sheep of New Zealand! If you havent heard of the NZ sheep, this country has 10 times as many sheep as it has people. haha so here they are :)
The next stop was something that I have been wanting to do even before me moved to this country. ZORBING!!! Now for those who dont know what that is, its a Kiwi invention where you basically roll down a hill in a giant inflatable ball. It is SOOO much fun!!!! Here is a picture of people rolling down the hill in the Zorb balls.
So we get up to the top of the hill and the gentleman up top says, "ok, so what youre going to do is take a headfirst dive into the ball" So you dive through this little hole into the inside of the ball. Carla and I dive in to the same ball then the man outside starts filling up the ball with water! So we are already soaked and the ball is half full of water. Then we stand up, wait for the guys signal, then you just starts pushing forward. We get to the edge of the hill, and it is actually very steep! Then down we go!!! Once the ball starts rolling, the two of us just start flopping around, water going EVERYWHERE! You roll down that hill REALLY fast!!! We got to the bottom all wet and disoriented and all we wanted to do was go again! Unfortunately we werent able to go again, just because we had some other things we wanted to do, but man that was awesome! Brilliant even! Here is us at the bottom of the hill with the Zorb ball behind us.
After that we had lunch a a place called The Fat Dog! haha yeah, funny name, but fantastic food. And I think the best part of it was the way they give you a number. Instead of giving you a number for your order, they give you some random item. So we ate lunch with a plastic pink duck.
We didnt realize it, but we were right down the road from Lake Rotorua. So we went there and checked it out.
So all over New Zealand you will hear this clicking noise up in the trees. And it is loud! We never knew what it was until we walked past a light pole and saw this giant bug! Its like a cricket type thing, but huge! And there it was, clicking away.
And here is Carla driving on the other side of the road! She was such a brave wife with trying that out! I was so proud of her! And she did really well! Her only problem was drifting to side of the lane hahaha she didnt like having the oncoming traffic so close to her. Believe it or not, my biggest problem was speeding. Back in the States Im known as a slow driver. haha But I blame it on the fact that I was driving in Kmph instead of Mph... so yeah, not my fault :)
Rotorua is famous for being a place with an abundace of thermal hot springs. There are these steaming pits everywhere! And they are.... really smelly! Horrible! The town smells like old farts. hahaha But we had to experience Rotorua and stop on the side of the road and check out this pits. They are amazing! Its just a huge hole of bubbling mud! They are extremely hot, we've heard 100 C wich i think is around 200 F! Thats why the city builds these fences around them, to help keep people from falling in.
Yeah, they stink!
So the last thing we did in Rotorua was going to this popular hot springs spa called The Polynesian Spa. We were able to book a private pool, which of course meant that we were alone, and we got a "deluxe" one, which meant that it was overlooking Lake Rotorua, which ended up being really relaxing and fun to do. This didnt smell as bad as we thought it would, but it was still up there. :)
The next stop was something that I have been wanting to do even before me moved to this country. ZORBING!!! Now for those who dont know what that is, its a Kiwi invention where you basically roll down a hill in a giant inflatable ball. It is SOOO much fun!!!! Here is a picture of people rolling down the hill in the Zorb balls.
So we get up to the top of the hill and the gentleman up top says, "ok, so what youre going to do is take a headfirst dive into the ball" So you dive through this little hole into the inside of the ball. Carla and I dive in to the same ball then the man outside starts filling up the ball with water! So we are already soaked and the ball is half full of water. Then we stand up, wait for the guys signal, then you just starts pushing forward. We get to the edge of the hill, and it is actually very steep! Then down we go!!! Once the ball starts rolling, the two of us just start flopping around, water going EVERYWHERE! You roll down that hill REALLY fast!!! We got to the bottom all wet and disoriented and all we wanted to do was go again! Unfortunately we werent able to go again, just because we had some other things we wanted to do, but man that was awesome! Brilliant even! Here is us at the bottom of the hill with the Zorb ball behind us.
After that we had lunch a a place called The Fat Dog! haha yeah, funny name, but fantastic food. And I think the best part of it was the way they give you a number. Instead of giving you a number for your order, they give you some random item. So we ate lunch with a plastic pink duck.
We didnt realize it, but we were right down the road from Lake Rotorua. So we went there and checked it out.
So all over New Zealand you will hear this clicking noise up in the trees. And it is loud! We never knew what it was until we walked past a light pole and saw this giant bug! Its like a cricket type thing, but huge! And there it was, clicking away.
And here is Carla driving on the other side of the road! She was such a brave wife with trying that out! I was so proud of her! And she did really well! Her only problem was drifting to side of the lane hahaha she didnt like having the oncoming traffic so close to her. Believe it or not, my biggest problem was speeding. Back in the States Im known as a slow driver. haha But I blame it on the fact that I was driving in Kmph instead of Mph... so yeah, not my fault :)
Rotorua is famous for being a place with an abundace of thermal hot springs. There are these steaming pits everywhere! And they are.... really smelly! Horrible! The town smells like old farts. hahaha But we had to experience Rotorua and stop on the side of the road and check out this pits. They are amazing! Its just a huge hole of bubbling mud! They are extremely hot, we've heard 100 C wich i think is around 200 F! Thats why the city builds these fences around them, to help keep people from falling in.
Yeah, they stink!
So the last thing we did in Rotorua was going to this popular hot springs spa called The Polynesian Spa. We were able to book a private pool, which of course meant that we were alone, and we got a "deluxe" one, which meant that it was overlooking Lake Rotorua, which ended up being really relaxing and fun to do. This didnt smell as bad as we thought it would, but it was still up there. :)
After the spa, we headed back to the hotel and relaxed and went to bed early. We woke up the next morning at 5:30, got ready and headed out of Rotorua for Wellington. We absolutely LOVED Rotorua, and were bummed that we only spent an afternoon there, so we definitely plan on going back.
We will do another post on Wellington, so check in soon for more!
Matt and Carla
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