Parents Visit Part 2 Ferry, Hobbiton, Auckland...

A Glacier we saw while driving!!! Beautiful Drive through to the West Coast!

Over the City of Nelson

Lake Taupo

On the Ferry to the North Island

Little Apple tartlets we made!

Rainbow

Inside a hobbit hole

 Mom petting a sheep at hobbiton

Inside the green dragon pub

Bilbo Baggins house

The Shire

Auckland:

At the top of the skytower

View from the parents room!

Breakfast!

There is our fabulous hotel on the end of the pier!

Mommy and the Moa

My hotel room!! The nicest hotel I have ever stayed in and I had the room all to myself!! Yes I did take a bath and wore my robe and slippers! Definitely spoiled!

On the top deck of the skytower there are these glass panels you can walk on and see below!

View of the Auckland Harbor Bridge from the skytower

We got to "hangout" with Sera in the hotel! It felt backwards to me because usually she is with them when we "hangout"

All in all it was amazing having my parents here! I loved showing them this country that is so close to my heart and the things that I love here! I loved teaching them how to drive on the left side of the road and laughing when they made their way to the right side accidentally! I loved spending time with them and laughing and enjoying things that I used to take for granted! But I also had more confirmation from the Lord that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and He has plans that I could never dream of still in my future!

My Parents came to Visit!! part 1

Last two and half weeks my parents were in New Zealand! Hence the lack of posts. It was such an awesome time to be able to see them and hangout with them and show them my life here! And to be able to travel with them and see more of this amazing country!

Waiting for them at the Airport felt like an eternity!

YAY! So excited we are together!!!

Mom and I at one of my favorite spots!

Showing them around town

Family Run!

I made them eat traditional Kiwi Sausages!

Kauri bush Walk!

Making Rice Crispy Treats for the family

Ready for church! (Photo Via Henri!)

They arrived on a Friday so I got up early (345am) to pick them up in Auckland (a 2 and a half hour drive). I was so excited to see them! Then they spent the weekend with me and my New Zealand family in Whangarei and Monday morning we caught a plane to Queenstown and started traveling!

QUEENSTOWN:

Queenstown is just Beautiful!!

First we did a two day bike trip on the Otago Rail Trail. The Rail Trail is an old rail path that they have turned into a bike, horse, walking track. It was amazing and I definitely felt out of condition for bike riding.

Ready to start our adventure!

Tunnel!!

 Oldest post office still working in New Zealand!

Lunch break!

We stopped at every station along the road to take a picture!

Inside a tunnel

45 degrees south latitude! Meaning we were exactly half way between the equator and the south pole!!

End of the journey! 101.9km

After the Rail Trail we rented a Motor home and drove up the south Island across the ferry and up the north island to Auckland where we spent the night and my parents flew home the next day.

Our home for the trip

Teaching dad how to drive on the left side of the road! :) 

 Teaching mom how to drive!

Fiordlands!!

On the Kepler Track! We love bridges!

Our nightly routine became taking out the maps and figuring out the next day!

Puzzling World! Full of optical allusions!

  
 The Toilets

Dad decided to use the roman toilets instead

Fox Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier

My giant piece of cake!!

Grey mouth and the Tasman Sea

Fur Seal Colony

Putting my feet in the Tasman Sea

The Longest Swing Bridge in New Zealand!! It's really high off the river and it was super slippery and rainy! kind of scary!

Walking on the Fault Line! In 1929 there was a massive earthquake that pushed the ground on one side up 4.5 meters (13.5 feet) instantaneously! (you can read about it here!)

Rainbows everyday!

There are so many photos I had to split this post into two!