A relaxing weekend in Keri Keri

Off Road Racing in Mangawhai

We had a major event happening over the Easter Weekend here in Mangawhai, the “Off Road Racing”. We decided to join the crowds and went along on Saturday morning. The weather was stunning and they could have not asked for better weather. I have to say the event was extremely well organized and had everything going for the visitors, from ice cream and burger trucks to Rubbish bins and enough toilets. The event was held in a huge paddock; where our future Shopping Industrial Park is suppose to be developed. It has been raining lots in the last few weeks so the ground was fairly wet, however we found a great dry spot up on top of the hill and could overview the whole track. Usually I am not that fond of Car races, but they did have 6 different racing categories and each category had to do six rounds. It all happened reasonably fast and there was lots of interesting things happening on the track. We had little push over’s and rollovers, mud flying high into the crowds, cars dying on the track and lots of dust in the air when the cars were flying around the corner. Carlos and I were fascinated by it, Julia was tired and had a bit of a hangover since she had been on a sleep over party the night before and Sven was enjoying the sunshine and the crowds and burgers. We all enjoyed our time on the racetrack and we stayed much longer than planned, it was a great day, something else to do then the usual staff around Mangawhai.

Happy Easter

Another Easter has crept up on us and this time round we are celebrating it again in Mangawhai New Zealand. We decided to spend some time with our friends Kyoko and Tich and their two children Dylan and Marine. Kyoko prepared a lamb and prepared it beautifully with garlic and rosemary. I made a traditional German “Rotkohl” red Cabbage and an Apple Strudel with a nutty crust. Our lunch was simply delicious. Before lunch we had an Easter egg hunt for the kids and it was fun to watch them racing around the garden. The weather has been extremely friendly with us and we enjoyed a very sunny Easter Sunday, with great company and a delicious meal.
In the afternoon we went for a little Tikki tour around the coast. We still need to find a property or even better an area where we would like to settle down for a while. Bingo and we have been lucky; we have found a great spot with sea view, close to the beach, close to Whangarei and good schooling for the children. We will investigate this option a bit closer the next few weeks and see what will come out of it.
The other great news is that I have finally found a cheap flight to Germany, so I will be off to Germany with Julia and Carlos. Yeah, Julia and Carlos can finally spend some time with their grandparents and hopefully bond with them, another goal is that they will learn the German language better and I will get to do my Yoga Therapy Training, which I intend to do. Lots of great things are happening and I feel very happy and uplifted by all these developments in our life. I believe once I have been to Germany and completed my mission over there that I will settle much better back here in New Zealand. I am wishing everyone peaceful and sunny Easter Days.