20 years of happiness and a trip to New Zealand

My honeymoon, 20 years ago, included a week on the North Island of New Zealand. Ever since, we have wanted to return there, but been put off by the distance and our perceived need for several weeks of holiday. Finally, for our 20th wedding anniversary, we decided to do it anyway and spend 15 nights there. Most of our stay was on South Island – the West Coast. What a place! Stunning mountains, lakes, fiords… and exciting things to do on them. The weather was kind to us and we managed cruises on Milford and Doubtful Sounds, hiking in crampons on a glacier, landing on another glacier in a ski-plane and tandem parasailing. We visited wineries and drank wonderful wine, then finished with three days of sunshine in the Bay of Islands. I am now hoping to escape without too much jet lag from the 13 hours time difference! And I am delighted to have returned to a more Spring-like UK than the one I left in late February!