To be delighted by another person, or moved by a landscape or a work of art, requires not being in full control. -Meditations for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman I have always struggled with control. But don’t

During the last leg of my trip to New Zealand, I was in Auckland. This entire travel was just a rollercoaster ride. So many things have happened, both good and bad. I’ve had the best experiences, and also

Space age that somehow feel retro, like it was some vision of the future that never arrived, a nostalgia for an idea rather than a place or a reality The real space age is the even present camera looking

So Western Springs parkrun in Auckland, New Zealand ticked a lot of box's for us on our totally arbitrary quest for park

Auckland breakfast cafe

Auckland maritime Museum

Irish pubs Kilkenny Beer.

Hear about my Weekend at Flesh and Blood's Auckland Double Calling where I manage to sneak into the top 8 of one of them

Film Camera walk round Auckland Marina

First day in Auckland

It was November 2022 and time for another adventure. Up to this point, Brad and I had only done parkruns in Australia and since we hadn’t been overseas since the pandemic shut the whole world down, we

My flight from Doha arrived in Auckland just before 04:00 and I was glad that I had no issue at immigration upon arrival in Auckland. With 5 hours to wait for my last flight to Christchurch, I exchanged

Friday evening came fast, maybe it's just me as I've been occupied with things outside the house for most of the day. The husband is away so it was a chance for me to do some yard thingy but then I hammered

Auckland Airport welcome arch. Our first overseas trip since covid, so exciting to finally get some serious travel in. 

We did it! After dreaming and planning for months, we finally made it to our very first international parkrun! Better yet, we went with this guy 👇 @run.vince.run, an Aussie residing in Auckland who we

It's a bit after 6 pm and my step count currently says 15,414 steps. It's been another big day, especially since I didn't even leave the apartment until 11 am. It was a really big day of travel yesterday

It's 6:59am and we've found our gate. We're early, way early; our flight doesn't depart until 9am. While I have a tendency to run late for things, Brad likes to arrive early; especially for flights. And

Hi everyone, I hope you have a great week so far. Mine is great and I am enjoying it so much. Today I am going to share with you one of the places that I visited recently in New Zealand. It is called Takapuna.

Pictured at the Beach Lookout Some were early and enjoying the nice weather. It's nice to just "be" in that moment... A few were walking along the shore. Was he recording the waves? I guess so.

This is a weekend memory pulled from years ago when we went to attend the morning Sunday mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, NZ. The Cathedral is the mother church of the RC Diocese of Auckland