Happy camper

Dear blog readers, sorry about the slow updates. We have now changed vehicles from a grey passenger car to a white camper van (as some of you might know, I tend to describe vehicles by color as that's the only thing that says anything to me).

Anyhow, this camper van is slightly more luxerious than our wicked van a few years ago. We here have a fridge instead of an eski (cool box/ kylväska)! First stop was Kaikoura where we met up with Tomas and Christie from Melbourne. It is always so nice to see old friends! Kaikoura offered beautiful walks with sea lions and fantastic fresh sea food (Ocean link Hanna...)

Then we moved up north to the wine district where there were more wineries per square km than hair dressers at Kungsholmen. After the first stop (where I quickly lost count of how many different bottles you could try, I soon realised that after 13 dry months, not much is needed to make my head spin. The products from a small chocolate factory went down smoother...

Further north for some beautiful days of hiking in Marlborough sounds and Abel Tasman, and we also met up with the specially ordered first class baby sitters from Örebro (who had brought a very longed for pipinette, which makes the camp nights quite a bit easier...)

In Nelson we tried 16 (!) different kind of ice creams (bought a taste platter with 9, but the Dutch ice cream magic man came out with another 7 that he had invented and wanted us to try. Everything from bay leaf, to knäckebröd and olive oil.) A very cold heaven, and worth the trip to Nelson alone. We also took advantage of mamma and Håkan's baby sitting and spent and afternoon white water rafting - just as fun as usual, but unfortunately I have discovered that becoming a mother also turned me into a chicken. No 8 m cliff jumps or swimming down rapids thank you very much.

Now we are exploring the west coast glaciers, another week and a half to go with the van!

PS, Anna wrote the text and Justus chose the photos. Less is more only applies to one of us... For those of you who actually look on all of them, guess where pancake rocks and the babysitters are. There are actually babysitters on two photos, as we have understood that the best way to have a meal in peace and quiet is to sit close to some asian ladies who soon will pick up Junia...