Day 8 – My second Monday in Auckland found me recovering from a very busy weekend of scuba diving, gay saunaing, churching, hiking, and generally just trying to pack my days full of adventure. My biggest priority for this day was figuring out the next stage of my journey, as I wanted to be in…
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If you’ve been following along with my blog, you’ll remember that my third post blog post had a title image of my one and only tattoo. You may also have noticed it as the image displayed by the site title in your browser or tab. Here is the meaning behind it… I got inked a…
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Day 5 – I hit the start of my first weekend in NZ at full speed. Friday morning, Natalie (my couchsurfing host), Michael, and Olivia all piled into the car at 8am. First stop, dropping them off at school, then I was dropped off at Cornwall Park while Natalie continued on to her job at…
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I spent Wednesday and Thursday doing some more exploring south of Auckland. Here’s what I discovered! Day 3 (Wednesday Aug 22) – I kicked off the day with a free massage from Vincent, someone I met through a certain chat app. It actually turned out to be a great meeting, because we enjoyed an hour…
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This post encompasses getting to New Zealand and my first 48 hours down under! I traveled for about 24 hours (plus losing a day to the international date line) to get to New Zealand (slept some in Seattle, but it was still all part of the trip). And I’ve been in New Zealand for Monday…
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I’ve been contemplating this post for several weeks. I wanted to post it before I left the States, but I really wasn’t sure how to express myself honestly while also keeping the tone of this message positive and kind. Because, this past summer, I saw how WE, as a community, as a society, and as…
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Citric acid has been our family’s “kryptonite” for 3 generations. The story goes that one Christmas as a child, my maternal Grandmother Gloria and her family had received a crate of oranges as a Christmas gift. Over the ensuing days, she gorged herself on a sizeable quantity of oranges and then developed a severe allergy…
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