POWDERFINGER AND SILVERCHAIR

We saw two Australian bands live in the Vector Arena

Silverchair

and

Powderfinger.

Phil was that keen on the bands he went there a week earlier after changing shifts and getting someone to drop him off there after work. When standing in front of the gates in the rain and no one there he actually had a look at his ticket realising his mistake.

SALSA NIGHT

We are back to our regular Salsa dancing. Every Wednesday we join an hour lesson and lots of practicing after at the The Kingslander . It is a lot of fun, very busy and the music is great. For about 4 hours a week it feels like being traveling again with all those macho South Americans showing off their moves.

PRIVATER KIPPENWEG?

Wie jetzt! Ein Kippenweg um Kippen zu kaufen, zu rauchen, zu entsorgen...? Und dann auch noch privat? Da darf man schon in Pubs und Restaurants hier nicht mehr rauchen, jetzt muss man auch noch was besonderes sein sich in der Oeffentlichkeit eine anzuzuenden?

MT MAUNGANUI (NZ)

The whole house finally managed to get away for a weekend. We chose Mt Maunganui situated in the sunny (at least more then Auckland) Bay of Plenty. We drove through Paeroa were New Zealand’s very own soft drink L&P was born early last century. They are pretty proud of it even that it is now manufactured by multi-national Coca-Cola. We still can't make our mind up which was more impressive

THE GIANT BOTTLE

OR THE TALKING TOILET?

Anna and Chris talked us into taking the ferry to Matakana, a little island in the bay. You never heard of it? Well, its probably because there is absolutely nothing there apart from private land. Luckily we spoke to a farmer when we came off the ferry. She offered us to spend some time at the beach of her property. We made the most of it practicing poi and Chris even made it into the water.
Back to Mt Mounganui we were really impressed with our little cabin in the "Cosy Corner" campsite and enjoyed the BBQ and beers.
Of cause if you get to Mt Mounganui you do have to go up the mountain. We did so the next morning after we finished watching the All Blacks being kicked out at the rugby world cup and the nation was in shock. Anna took it fairly well and got distracted quickly by the steep walk uphill. From there we saw the sandy beach of Matakana island which we never reached but at least it was nice to see what we missed. We finished our trip with fish and chips and can't wait to our next one.