maya.

Uii, es ist schon viel zu lange her das ich hier ueber meine Reisen berichtet habe… Hab mit meiner ‘www.neuseelandfuerdeutsche.com’ Webseite so viel zu tun

Wenn jemand Lust und Zeit hat, am 22.9. veranstalte ich wieder einen Neuseeland Infoabend in Dresden. mehr Infos hier:

http://neuseelandfuerdeutsche.com/infoabend2011dresden

Liebe Gruesse,
Maya

Uiiii, I am sooo sorry it’s been so long since my last Update!!

I guess I have been a bit busy

My Trip around Germany was great – I met lots of friends I had not seen in a long time and also got to talk to plenty of people about my little “New Zealand for Germans” website adventure!

Back in Canada I was busy following up lots of requests and enjoying the last few weeks there!

I was getting excited abuot going home though!.

I stopped in LA on the way – was walking around in shorts – that’s on the 7^th of December! Oh, I do like LA!!!

But I am soooo excited to be back in NZ now! It is nice and warm and it’s great to see everyone here again! I am currently relocating a camper from Christchurch to Auckland – yeah! I stayed close to Akaroa on a farm for a week – man, it is sooo nice there. It’s so chilled, so pretty and the fresh seafood is AMAZING!

On my way to Picton I stopped north of Kaikoura – getting up in the morning, making a fresh cup of tea and watching seals play in the water is something else!!

I’m on the Ferry now – yeah, about to go see Chris before he heads to Germany for a few months.

I’ll be back in Auckland on the 21^st – not sure yet if I’ll be back in the office from the 22^nd on already – either way – there is no doubt that I’ll be busy again!!!

Wow, where did the last 3 weeks go? Seems like it was only yesterday when I arrived in Frankfurt… a few weeks, many cities and lots of coffee with friends in europe later, I am back in Toronto.

Well, it was expected - I am stuck in the middle of “planning-stress”. I guess that’s a good thing - I just hope I won’t forgett anyone or anything

I do have a final itenary now, so I’ll just post it here (that way it’ll be hard for people to say  did not tell anyone, ha, ha…)

Toronto-Frankfurt:
Departure: 6th Oct., Arrival: 7th Oct, 13.05pm - I’ll be staying in a Hotel close to downtown

Frankfurt - Koeln:
8th Oct: ICE, 10.10am - will be staying with Tim
10th Oct: Infonight (Location TBA)

Koeln - Dresden:
12th Oct. 6.50am brrrrr - that day is reserved for my Grandma
(14th Oct: NZ for Germans Infonight at the Pullman Hotel in Dresden)

Dresden - Berlin:
20th Oct. 9am - will be staying with my Godfather
21st Oct: Infonight (Location TBA)

Berlin - Munich:
23th Oct, 8.30am - I will be staying with Yvonne & Mike as well as Lena

Memmingen - London:
26th Oct, 15.15pm - I’ll be staying with Valentina! (yeah!)

London - Toronto:
29th Oct, 11.45, back in Toronto at 3pm that day

Any questions? Flick me an e-mail! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone!!

…another coupple of amazing days!!

Saturday started out early again - we went do see the movie JUCY at the Toronto international Film Festival - I got the tickets given from my boss in New Zealand (yes, the CEO of JUCY rentals…)  - he did not even know that it is my B’day It was a great funny movie!! On the way back home we ended up stuck on the Streetcart (because it got hit by a cement truck)  and then in traffic - meaning it took us almost 3 hours to get home… we did finally make it though, hopped into the rental car and drove up to Arnprior… we got here late but well!

The B&B we are staying at is amazing! The room is the same size as our whole appartement in Toronto! It feels like a mix of an old castle and a museum! It’s 2 minutes to the big Ottawa river and the weather could not be any more perfect!

…heading out for a movie and nice dinner now…

Thank you all for your best wishes!

Well, it was an early start - but our daytrip to Stratford was well worth it! A nice drive, a quiet walk through the beautiful little town of Stratford, a good cup of coffee, a great salad for lunch, an amazing dinner (!!), and a Shakespeare Play… it could have not been any more perfect! Off to see a movie at the Toronto international Film Festival tomorrow and then heading north to continue a weekend away from the computer!!

Yeah!!

So it’s definate: I am heading back to Europe for a little visit this year! I’ll be arriving in Frankfurt on October 7th and will be heading back to Toronto from London on October 29th. I between I’ll be visiting Cologne, Dresden and Berlin - if I can somehow figure out how, I might also include Munich

I hope to get to see mnay “old” friends along the way!!!

Oh my, it’s been over a month since I last got the chance to post something here ;-( Well, how to say: Summer in Toronto is amazing but also busy!! I would have never thought… My idea was to be working on my website, to chill out and enjoy the heat. But everyone knows what happend to the best plans! They just don’t turn out the way they should Luck for me, things are busy bot great! I still get to enjoy the summer (great new coffee place and ice cream shop just around the corner from my new place in Roncesvalles!!!) but am also busy with helping freiends (moving and painting thigs) and the best part: I got super busy with ‘New Zealand for Germans’ stuff! I just confirmed some new bookings in the last few days and have lots of enquiries in the works!

Unfortunately I did not really get to tale many photos yet this summer but will try to do that soon so I can post some here. maybe for the meantime I’ll just post some of the new appartement… oh, and I have some pictures from Carabana 2010 as well…

So yesterday was the day I got to spend on an airplane again - yeah! These 5-6 hour flights are actually pleasant!

I said my good byes in Santa Monica, had mexican food last time and took a glimpse of the Santa Monica pier. I really like Santa Monica!

Now I am backin sunny Toronto! It is soooo beautiful here - much warmer and more sun then in California! We live at the cutest little place in Roncesvalles - top floor of a 3-storybuilding - big windows, big trees outside - it is so nice.

Going out for a picnick in High Park soon

So I have 9 days left in Santa Monice before heading back to Toronto! The last few days have been pretty exciting - so much is happening and things are coming together just fine.

My LA projects are looking good! Nothing is completed yet but I am in the phase of adding finishing touches here and there and am so far pretty happy with the outcome.

In reagrds to the Neuseeland fuer Deutsche website: some major things just happend there. I added some awesome pages like a list of German speaking B&B hosts, tips around buying a car, information on Work&Holiday Visa and the parts about AuPair in NZ and language schools are in the works. There are also heaps of new pictures throughout - mailnly on the “Karte” (map) pages.

Great ews for NZfG: As of yesterday I can now sell travel insurance! That is extremely exciting (at least for me) check out the link: http://neuseelandfuerdeutsche.com/versicherung

This is the travel insurance company that is recommended by Lonely Planet - and now also by New Zealand for Germans There are different plans and your destination does not need to be New Zealand - they cover you for all over the world. It’s easy to book on my website direct through them! Yes, you might get it - I am excited about this!

Mike signed the lease for a super cute sounding apartement in Roncesvalles (Toronto) a coupple of days ago - that is also pretty cool!

The cherry on top  of it all those amazing things that are happening: I just got a check in the mail for a tax refund from the government of Ontario for last year! Wohoooo!!!

…so that’s the latest from over here