Weekend Retreat

One of the great things of living in Auckland is that there are so many weekend getaway places you can go within two or three hours drive, where you can enjoy the beach, ocean, bush walk, friendly town people, gourmet food and the rest of it.

We didn’t do many touristy stuff except taking a train journey on the Creek Railway which combines Art, Conservation and massive civil engineering. We had some tremendous views of the Peninsula and Hauraki Gulf on the train. Today we stopped by at the famous Hot Water Beach where people go with spades to dig holes in the sands to create hot water pools and have a good soak in the water. The rest of the time we were just resting and relaxing, enjoying each other and nature.

It was a weekend well spent. We’ve decided to have weekend retreat like this at least every three months. Next time when we go to Coromandel again hubby and I will go on a boat and do a fishing trip.

Hasn’t someone said that New Zealand is the best small country in the world? I completely agree! Oh, New Zealand is such a paradise!