Last glance at the Mountains...

:-)

:-)

:-)

Mano and Julien are the chefs!!!!

Yay

Apero-Glow

Kids yellow, Blue gin for the grown-ups!

Glowing strong

Mano, Julien and the origamis

Cheshire cat

North of Lake Rotorua

Hamurana Springs

Okere Falls 

Morcheeba - Big calm

Kodakcolors

The Kodak kids :-)

Yann Tiersen - J'y suis jamais alle

Snow laden :-)

We did start by a walk to the amazing Tongariro National Park, along the Silica Rapid...

 Snow is always magic...

Who I like to see up the mountain...

La reine des neiges

Pause at the Rapids, Sun shinnig through

Walking back through mineral stream valleys

My brightest diamond - The ice and the storm

Tree tops

Catching slowly back on my pictures (back at work...)

View from the look out platform of the Te Toto Gorge, further along the coast between Raglan and Kawhia. By the Tasman Sea. Breathtaking, to the left is the Sea.

Message in the sand ...

...reply from the Sky

On the way back, short stop by the Hamilton Gardens (where little ones can get ice-creams :-))

Enjoying finding a warm fire in the evening and the wonderful cooking skills from Julien. Full house.

Nightfall

Nightfall walk at Blue Spring, Waikato Region

Short stop at the spring itself, time for biskitts!

Walking back along the Te Waihou River, gold, copper and blue.

Seashore

Te Toto Gorge

Lisa, Jean and Julien have tried the Tasman Sea

Lola aussi, a sa facon

Du vent, de la mer, du sable, des volcans.

Sunny side up!

Laurence arrived in NZ...

 Mano and Jeannot found each other again

Lucky to get a tour on Stew's Boat. The kids and Julien in the front.

Somebody looks like she could get used to it.

Maori carvings on Lake Taupo

The Waikato River

 Te Maari crater (born a few years ago) still steaming....

Sunny inside and outside.