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Sep
18
Last weekend we were lucky enough to get over to Amsterdam for 3 days. Just a 2 hour 10 minute flight from Valencia to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a lovely city with nice architecture, canals though out the city, plenty of history and quite a few museums to look at. The weather wasn’t too bad. It […]
Jul
3
Alinghi Successfully Defend the Americas Cup
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Alinghi Successfully Defend the Americas Cup 5-2, Sadly Team New Zealand didn’t take the cup back home losing to Alinghi today 5-2…Nevermind, Second place is still good and something to be proud of. In Two years they will have another shot at the cup and with this years experience and lessons learnt I’m sure we […]
Jun
4
3-0 to Team New Zealand
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Team New Zealand is doing well so far in the Louis Vuitton Cup final over here. Three up now over Luna Rossa. Lets hope they can win the next two races and go through to
challenge Alinghi for the cup.
Come on New Zealand!
May
28
Visit to the Americas Cup in Valencia
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Saturday we took the train from Gandia into Valencia to finally have a look at the America’s Cup Village at the port there. Last time I saw the port area there was a huge amount of construction and they were restoring some of the old run-down warehouses and port buildings. Of course now I can […]
May
15
Spanish Galleon Replica
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A Spanish Galleon Replica moored at Denia, Spain.
Denia port had an unusual guest the other month. Not every day you see something like this. Here on a promotional trip for the Americas cup. A Replica Spanish Galleon from the 15th or 16th Century. This replica is of a similar galleon that sailed around the […]
Apr
18
Team New Zealand
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Well not much is new here in Denia with us. Last week saw plenty of rain here. Infact it rained every day for almost 2 weeks! I was beginning to think i could be in NZ. Very unlike Denia to rain so much. This weather world wide i think is a bit screwed up.
But its […]
Mar
6
Today we went to see the Mascleta in Valencia. Its that time of year again when its on. Fallas 2007. This time we were a bit closer to the fun and with my camera to film it!. Its crazy, just watch this video and you’ll see what I mean!
The Mascleta in Valencia. Basically fireworks Spanish […]
Aug
10
Ibiza by Boat
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On Saturday we are heading for Ibiza via the fast ferry from Denia here.Ibiza is Spains famous Island. Mostly famous for its world class discos, music and lovely beaches. But there is also a lot of history there. Can’t wait to great beaches, clubs and lots of iteresting sites and historical place to see. Keen to […]
Jul
27
Tenerife, Canary Islands photos online
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Finally I have uploaded the photos from our honeymoon in Tenerife. I have created two albums. One for family and friends with the password here http://photos.chrisnz.com/album/thumbnails.php?album=13
And a public imagine gallery for everyone to view some of the pictures we took here: http://photos.chrisnz.com/album/thumbnails.php?album=14
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Jul
19
Back to the real world.
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We are back now from our Honeymoon, in the Canary Islands - Tenerife. We had a wonderful time there, its a great Island to visit thats for sure. The island itself isn’t that large, 2 1/2 hours you can drive from the top to the bottom. So its not huge in any sence. 7 days […]