Incredibly Beautiful New Zealand: #MFRWAuthor Blog Challenge, Week 27
MFRW Authors are chatting this week about the most beautiful places they’ve visited. I’ve visited a lot of amazing places, but the first beautiful place that pops into my mind when I think Most Beautiful is…
New Zealand
Flickr, Rob Young
Maybe it’s the abundance of sheep and scarcity of humans. Also, the rolling, super-green countryside, and the friendly, laid-back inhabitants.
A Driving Trip on the Wrong Side of the Road
Way back in the BC (before children) days, we had a spur of the moment opportunity to visit New Zealand for ten days when I went there on business. My husband picked up a roundtrip ticket and a guide book and joined me there a day later.
We rented this little Honda City, a munchkin model that was never sold in the United States. This amazing little car went about 40 MPG. After I almost got us killed in a city roundabout, my husband did most of the driving.
My Photo Album
This was also in the days when we traveled with disposable cameras and had no clue whether the pictures were any good until we picked them up from the drugstore.
So we don’t have a whole lot of good pictures. Here’s a shot of a younger me at a sheep-shearing show we attended. (I’m the one in the black jacket with the black dog looking over my shoulder.)
Another reason I don’t have a lot of pictures is that I’m married to a man who won’t pull the car over for a great shot. Thus, one of the greatest pictures I have of New Zealand exists only in my memory. But what a picture!
While we were making a circuit of the North Island, the road curved east with a view of miles and miles of rolling green hills dotted with sheep, and no other humans around. When I do one of those guided imagery meditations where you think of a beautiful, peaceful place, that’s my go to image!
What about you? What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever visited?
Hop along with my fellow MFRW authors and see what they have to say on this subject.
Image credits: landscape, Wikimedia Commons; all others, the author
I’ve heard New Zealand is spectacularly beautiful. I’d love to go there someday.
Sherry, I want to go back because we entirely missed the South Island. It’s supposed to be way more beautiful than the North.
Your go-to image sounds wonderful. Would love to visit.
You’d love it, Helen.
New Zealand sounds beautiful. Your go-to image sounds amazing and since it’s stuck with you over the years, it really made an impression. This week’s posts have been fun. Virtual traveling.
It’s pretty amazing. I want to get back someday to the South Island.
I’m gonna take a wild guess and assume you visited NZ back in the early 90s
It is on my to-do list of places to see before I die! Thanks for sharing, Alina
Um, actually, Raine, it’s even earlier than the 90s! In my much younger days!
We all know the stereotype about guys not wanting to stop to ask directions. Next time, make sure your husband knows that you aren’t stopping to ask directions.
Funny! But really, you can’t imagine how many times I have to beg him to make a restroom stop! He just wants to keep going, going, going!
Great trip, great memories for you! Now, New Zealand is on my list of Places To Visit When I’m Retired And Have The Time…
You’ll love it! Our niece and her husband rented an RV and toured the South Island. I’d love to go back and do that.
Love the pics!
Thanks, Maureen!
Sounds like an awesome trip. Funny how the best memories live visually inside us.
Pictures I’ve seen of New Zealand on TV and travel guides look amazing. Thanks for backing it up in reality, Alina. I hope you get to return one day.