downundertraveller: August 2007

OUR ITINERARY **NEW, REVISED AND UP TO DATE**

If we're going to be in your city and you want to get together for a cup of coffee, leave a message at our hotel, or send me an email ahead of time at shakos@sympatico.ca - we'll try to rendezvous with you. That would be great fun!
Sat. Oct. 20 - Arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand and stay at the Copthorne Central Hotel, phone 03 379 5880.
Mon. Oct. 22 - TranzAlpine Train ride to Franz Josef, staying at the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, phone 03 752 0729.
Tues. Oct. 23 - Queenstown, staying at the Novotel Gardens, phone 03 442 7750.
Thurs. Oct. 25 - Te Anau, staying at the Village Inn, phone 03-249 7911.
Fri. Oct. 26 - Dunedin, staying at the Dunedin City Hotel, phone 03 470 1470. Hope to meet Chris Davies for coffee while we're there.
Sat. Oct. 27 - Mount Cook National Park, staying at The Hermitage Hotel, phone 03 435 1809.
Sun. Oct. 28 - Back at the Copthorne Central Hotel in Christchurch, phone 03 379 5580 till Oct. 30th. We'll then take the ferry to the North Island and stay with Beulah from Oct. 30th, till November 5th.
Mon. Nov. 5 - Pick up a car for a self-drive tour to Auckland. (Biting my nails as you guys drive on the wrong side of the road - giggle). Stay at the Lakeland Resort, Taupo, phone 07 378 3893 on the 5th, and at the Heritage Rotorua on the 6th and 7th, phone 07 348 1189.
Thurs. Nov. 8 - Arrive in Auckland and stay with Lizzie and her husband John. I've promised to teach an ink and oil rouging design for Lizzie while I'm there.
Mon. Nov. 12 - It's all over but the curtain calls. Fly from Auckland back to Los Angeles, where we will stay a week with my aunt. A good chance to shake off some of the jet lag.
Sun. Nov. 18 - Back in Canada. All good things have to come to an end. The memories, however, will last a lifetime.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Auckland, New Zealand Class

Finally! I finished the ink and oil rouging project that Lizzie asked me to teach in Auckland. Nothing like leaving it till the last minute. It's in the mail, winging it's way across the ocean. Now to get those instructions done!

Monday, August 20, 2007

Red Hatter Outing

They've formed a Red Hat group at the trailer park where I spend a portion of my summers. So, of course I joined. I hate being left out of anything - especially anything fun! I can only participate in some of the outings because I don't spend all my time at the park. For many of the members it's their permanent residence in Canada, and they go south for the winter - lucky gals. However, last week I did manage to fit one of the outings into my schedule. 19 of us went to lunch at the Railside restaurant in Port Hope. Food was great, service was great, prices were amazing. Afterwards we went to see Oklahoma at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope. The show was fantastic, and everyone was so talented. Anyway, here's three of us KTR Kuties. I'm the one in the middle with the bright red top. You can't see my purple trousers, and I had taken my purple jacket off, but honest, I was dressed in red and purple. (giggle)