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Tauranga/Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
As we climbed, Matt and I heard thunder over the ocean, and a rainstorm immediately poured down on us. The foliage, however, was so dense and thick with ferns, palm trees, pohutukawa trees, and other greenery, that we barely felt the rain.
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Cathedral Cove, New Zealand
Cathedral Cove is a naturally formed archway in the middle of a beautiful stretch of the Pacific coast. In Maori (the language of the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand,) Cathedral Cove is known as Te Whanganui-A-Hei.
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Auckland, New Zealand
It is 7pm on Saturday and I am doing everything I can to keep my eyes open. Our total travel time from Nashville to Auckland was 25 hours, including a grueling 14-hour flight from LAX to Auckland. Matt and I were both really dreading such a long flight, especially since our seats weren’t together! After we’d settled into the plane,…
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Welcome to Me.
She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day. Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway Hello, I’m an introvert. More specifically, the Myers-Briggs test classifies me as the INFJ-type of introvert, meaning I’m the kind of person quietly driving myself crazy thinking of ways to improve everything around me. Seven core values drive me: justice,…
