Museum Hotel
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We stayed at the Museum Hotel near the TePapa Museum, Wellington.
It’s all painted black outside and the decor inside is just incredible! Several motorcycles, works of art, chandeliers and a very dark and gothic atmosphere. The rooms are spacious and luxurious.
Read some more about the history of this hotel, which was transported on [...]
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I took this picture when I arrived in Wellington. The World of Wearable Art (Wow) is an annual International Art and Fashion event where designers can enter garments of wearable art . This is an example.
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Jonathan Livingston having a rest?
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This viaduct, 197m long and 47m above Mullock Stream is the largest structure on the line. It is still the largest wrought iron structure in New Zealand.
Read a bit more about the history of the Taieri Railway
The whole FLNW group and some more people interested in the discussions travelled [...]
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Gentle slopes, flowers blooming in spring and the only noise you can hear is the wind blowing and the waves crashing against the rocks in the distance. First evening in Dunedin.
Sunset
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At the end of the afternoon Bronwyn and Leigh drove us to the marae. We stopped for a photo of the sunset.
It was a very cold night when I arrived in Dunedin. The wind was blowing so it was a bit bumpy out there in the sky before we landed at 8:30 pm. Leigh and Rose were out there to meet me and we waited a little bit more for Stephen to arrive and drive to [...]
The plane to NZ was delayed so I had to spend the night in Buenos Aires. You can listen to the recording here.
On the flight, I interviewed a group of about 7 or 8 Brazilians flying to New Zealand and Australia to study English but need to upload the interviews to podomatic.
Do not have [...]
In July I was a speaker at two conferences. In Brasilia for the national Braz-Tesol conference and also in Santiago (Chile) for the national IATEFL conference.
Fortunately, in Santiago it was not as cold as I had expected and when I came back I managed to have awonderful sunny week with the family on the beach in Toque Toque Pequeno. [...]
We are having now a two-week autumn break at school which coincided with Easter. My son, who lives in Barcelona, came with his girlfriend to see the family. Unlike today, which is windy and rainy, the weather was superb ! We stayed Friday and Saturday in Santos, where my parents live, and went out for [...]
