Resentment
February 24th 2020 Today I was back in the office for the first time in three and a half weeks. I won’t lie, I think I’d’ve preferred to have still been in New Zealand. I’d made that decision before I … Continue reading Resentment
Tag: travel
Britain
February 20th 2020 Today I’m back in Britain after a 40-something hour journey travelling back from New Zealand. I am a tired, tired boy. The journey itself didn’t bother me too much, because I knew that it was a necessary … Continue reading Britain
Alchemist
February 16th 2020 Today I finished reading Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. It’s a book that I bought four hours ago, in a tiny bookstore called Petronella’s in the lakeside village of Tekapo, on New Zealand’s South Island. I needed a … Continue reading Alchemist
Luge
February 12th 2020 Today we went luging down a mountain. I’m fairly sure luging is a word, and I use it to mean the past tense of ‘to luge’. If you don’t know the word, when you’re reading it over … Continue reading Luge
Wanaka
February 8th 2020 Today we travelled to Lake Wanaka, a beautiful little town in the mid-Centre-ish of New Zealand’s South Island. To get here, we had to drive through, around, and over the Southern Alps. So we saw a lot … Continue reading Wanaka
Moana
February 4th 2020 Today I’m dressed as Moana’s grandma (I think) at a washout of a fancy dress party in Lake Winihinipua (or something). Our bus broke down twice today. It took us a long time to get to where … Continue reading Moana
Nelson
February 3rd 2020 Today I kayaked, surfed, and dove. I started the day in Kaiteriteri, on the outskirts of the Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand. We were picked up outside the hostel at 8am, and driven up the … Continue reading Nelson
Pacific
January 30th 2020 Today I’m writing this blog 3 hours after I wrote yesterday’s blog, and also technically 2 hours before it’s even January 30th. I feel like this is a total cheat for my ‘one blog every day for … Continue reading Pacific
Francisco
January 29th 2020 Today I am in San Francisco, having flown from London Heathrow this morning. Currently I’m eating an Empanada on the back pier of the ferry building, with a view of Bay Bridge. I landed in San Francisco at 2pm local time. By 4pm local time, I was through customs. Honestly, I’d happily take another 11 hour flight over standing in line for U.S. Border Control again. It was painful. People were rushing for missed flights, and cutting ahead. How decidedly un-British. Thankfully, I had 8 hours to kill so I wasn’t too worried about the time it … Continue reading Francisco
Hold
January 28th 2020 Today, please forget that entire post I wrote yesterday about how I had to wait until today to check in online for my flight to New Zealand tomorrow — it turns out United Airlines have rejected my … Continue reading Hold
