Must Do’s for Sydney in 2 days

Seeing the Sydney Opera House was on my bucket list since I was a child. I don’t know what it was, either the architecture or the thought of it being a far away place. I… View Post

Hobbies at Work

I’ve been blogging for over 7 years and I was always interested on how I would incorporate this into my working life. It wasn’t until I was at Au Pair Link that I was able… View Post

A Long Weekend in Melbourne

Melbourne. My first city in Australia! You might have learned a little about MEL from my guest blogger, Gina. Over 2 years later I finally got a chance to go myself and I fell in… View Post

Splore Festival: the Photos

Splore Festival: NZ’s Largest Costume Party

Splore is an annual music and arts festival that takes place in Tapapakanga Regional Park. About an hour East of Auckland, this is a large reserve alongside a beach. Every year there is a theme,… View Post

A Weekend in Samoa

Auckland Anniversary is a long weekend toward the end of January. My Christmas gift from Mark was tickets to an Island over this weekend. When December 25th finally came I found out where we would… View Post

Aucklands ‘The Big Gay Out’

The annual “Big Gay Out” was in its 20th year last weekend. It had perfect weather, 2 stages and lots of vendors. Sponsored by “Ending HIV,” I could not think of a better way to… View Post

Rangitoto Island – An Auckland Day Trip

Only a 20 minute ferry ride from Auckland CBD, Rangitoto was a volcano I always saw from afar. Whether that be from Takapuna, Devonport or Mission Bay, the dormant volcano was on my bucket list… View Post