VIDEO MESSAGE FROM SUNNY NEW ZEALAND

Hello my lovely people,

here is a short video message I recorded earlier today updating you guys on my fundraising campaign for Unicef.

I only have 4 days left so tune in and hear about the countdown ;-)

Keep smiling, Lisa

Paint Party, hutts, treks, riding, rugby, swimming... stuff you do in New Zealands winter :-)

Swimming in winter...it was a nice day but still the water was freezing!!!


Hello you lovely, lovely people out there in the warm and sunny part of the world but and of course to all those who are "enjoying" the drizzly weather on the other half... :-) Its the end of July and I do not have much longer until my time in New Zealand is over. Weird feeling but I am getting ready.:-) As the deep winter is making days cold, grey and cold... I am just really looking forward to at least a few sunny days back home. Glen and I are however making the best of the last weeks together. It was our 6 month anniversary on 3 July and we planned a long weekend in Taranaki, visiting his Mom and sleeping in a hutt on a mountain. Then we went to a paint party, went swimming in the ocean at freezing temperatures, etc. So, here again a little update from my last few weeks! Today is Monday, 27 July and I have 6 more working days in Wellington, 2 more days working from home, a few things to sell that unfortunately are too heavy or bulky to take back home and... also... a few more calories to burn for my fundraising challenge for Unicef. I am at approx. 22000, so not that many more to go :-) If you want more information on my fundraiser, just click on the image on the top right corner. So... hugs and kisses from New Zealand and to some of you out there... See you very very soon :-) Lisa

Before going to the paint party... as you can see nice and white and clean :-)

After the paint party off into town! haha... people didnt expect that :-)



At the hutt in Taranaki... after we had the fire going it was boiling in that
Tramping to the hutt...the mountain to us :-)
At the Rugby match :-)
All blacks vs France... pretty cool!


Riding out for the first time in New Zealand...funny...when I came here i thought thats all i'll be doing :-)

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Picture updates from May and June

Hello my lovely people from around the globe,

finally I managed to upload some pictures from the past 2 months here in New Zealand.

The first picture I took after burning my first 535 Calories on the first day of my fundraiser ;-) Since then I have burned a few more, going to spin and kick classes, etc. But I am still enjoying it and getting used to the early mornings on the bike!

For you who havn't checked out my fundraising page yet, please do so. It's all for a good cause ;-)

Beautiful sunset at the Kapiti Coast, across the road from us! This is one thing I will really miss!!!

Anna trying to disguise herself as a Malasian as she got tired of being the German ;-)

Mi chicas Anna and Elli smile for the camera! Big kiss to you girls!


Glen and me went to the rugby match of the All Blacks! Really cool atmosphere... after the haka my highlight was over though... here you can see how focued on the game we were ;-) haha

Rugby match, All Blacks against France. We were shouting All Blacks and then Allez les Bleus! We supported anyone on the field ;-)

Off to the theatre... We really thought it would be a nice play but afterwards we needed a few games of pool to get over the negative and intense input from the story! Worth it though!
This is Fred, no... wait... which name did we give him again? Not sure... but he was our favorite form the animal park... all fluffy and loved the attention!

More information on my fundraiser

Hey hey,

lovely greetings from this freezing cold spot on the globe. This morning I did manage to get out of bed at 5.15am and sit on the spinning bike to burn these calories. Its freezing out there and at that time of the morning, it seems as if the entire world is still snuggled up in their warm beds. That doesn't help but once your at the gym, you're ready to go.

I guess it's the 80/20 rule. Its takes 80% of your motivation to get to the gym. But once you're there, you'll get through the training ;-)

Anyways, thanks to my dear friend Frank, I have fixed the "donate here" link, so it'll actually take you to my fundraising page. This morning I have uploaded some posts to that blog to give you more background information.

Click here for more information, It'll take you to my fundraising page, you can read the information, blog entries and if you want, you can of course make a donation by clicking on the orange bucket on the top right.

If you're not interested in the information, but still would like to kindly leave a donation behind, simply donate here.

30.000 Calorie Challenge

Hey everyone,

Be part of a great cause. Help me to stay motivated by making this challenge work! Any donation is greatly appreciated. Click here to donate

Saturday, 13 June is my first training day ;-) I'm ready to get this started!

I'll keep you posted.

Have an awesome weekend, Lisa *con una sonrisa feliz;-)*

Yes, I'm still alive- living a happy Kiwi life ;-)

Hello everyone out there,

I am so sorry for not updating this blog on a regular bases as I promised to do. But as life goes, you get into your trot of daily routines and as it's winter we're mostly enjoying life from an inside perspective... movies, shopping, pools, bowling, etc.

BUT, I do have a few more pictures to upload and I will do that within this weeks time. Believe it or not... I went horse riding!!! ;-))) And I loved it!

Thanks to Anna, who I met during my first month working at the horse ranch, I was able to go on my first ride in New Zealand. Funny to think that this was my first reason to travel so far and spend most time with horses, whispering to them the kiwi way ;-) And then good 7 months later I sit on a horse for the first time on this side of the world.

Don't get me wrong, I am not complaning... as probably all of you know... there was a much better reason for me to come to this very particular spot ;-)

With regards to this... Today is Glen's and my 5 month anniversary. Crazy to think how long/ short it has been. I can't make up my mind yet if it seems like a few weeks or a few years. I guess a little bit of both ;-) But to bring it to the core: We're still on cloud 7 (do you say that in English?) ;-) !!!

I am at work now so I don't want to make this a huge entry but I promise you hereby another post in the next few days with pictures of my past weeks!

Huge hugs and kisses from cold, cold New Zealand

Lisa