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Just moved to Wellington with the hubby and Henri Maltese.

When I'm not asking if you prefer a king or twin bedded room, I like to read, bake, watch Downton Abbey and play Skyrim.

I write about our travels, Wellington happenings, and our dog Henri P. Maltese.
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Strike! #wellington #mcdonalds

Strike! #wellington #mcdonalds

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Wellington Fever Hospital, SPCA’s future home.

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Beef fajitaaaaah.. (at Pan De Muerto)

Beef fajitaaaaah.. (at Pan De Muerto)

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A pretty busy weekend for us (again). We had the neighbors up for some tea and wine on Saturday. That meant a helluva lot of spring cleaning from the front porch to the toilets. Even managed to give Henri and well-deserved bath.

This was the first ever tea we hosted and we were very excited. Here’s our little tea time spread complete with 3-tier stand:

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Our neighbors have 2 little girls and to fight the boredom if we get into too much adult talk, they each came armed with a book to read. How cute is that?! And commendable too.. most of the parents nowadays just stuff their kids hands with an iPad or a handheld game. But they didn’t have much use for the books because Henri was there to keep them company. Except towards the end when the younger one wanted to read her story to Hen. Again.. how cute is that?!

Here’s Henri listening intently to the story:

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After they left, we had a little more wine and played Mario 3. Ahh memories.. We couldn’t get past World 1 though. Blame it on the wine.

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Today, we had lunch at Sue & Peter’s place in Karori. Beautiful house with a beautiful view.. even better than ours. Just stepping into their living room was breathtaking.

So that was a really social weekend for us, which left us drained. Now for a little snack of leftover brie and chocolate cake. And maybe a little bit more wine. ;)

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Chernobyl, 27 Years Later

For more photos from Chernobyl, check out the Chernobyl and Pripyat (Припять) location pages, or search for photos tagged with #Pripyat, #Припять, #Chernobyl and #Чернобыль.

On this day 27 years ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, killed dozens of people and released a plume of radioactive fallout that would eventually require the relocation of more than 350,000 people.

The event ranks as the worst nuclear disaster in history. The area immediately surrounding Chernobyl is still too radioactive for habitation and will remain so for another 20,000 years. Until recently, an exclusion zone of 19 miles (30 km) extended in all directions from the power plant, which is now entombed in concrete. In 2011, however, Ukraine opened up this area to tourists, giving the world a peek into a town abandoned and untouched for nearly three decades.

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#portlander burger is super yum! 👍 (at Rydges Hotel)

#portlander burger is super yum! 👍 (at Rydges Hotel)

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SPCA Dog Walking Orientation

The show must go on, despite the terrible weather. Spent the morning at SPCA attending the dog walking orientation. First few minutes was all talk.. procedures and important stuff to take note of. Then we headed to the dog area where we were given each our own dog to walk.

Here was mine:

A loving, goofy dog with a bit more energy than the others.  Had to exercise these underused arm muscles a bit more during the walk. I wanted to take him home honestly, if not for the fact that our landlady might not approve.

We took the dogs around the park and I did not know but we were actually circling around the zoo. I was surprised to hear an strange clucking sound. Turned out it was an emu!

Can you spot the angry emu angrily clucking his disapporval at having his privacy invaded?

Wet feet and wet jeans but it’s alright. I’ll probably be back in about two weeks or so. The dogs are just so absolutely adorable.

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Ready for winter.

Ready for winter.

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I’m too sexy for my sweater.

I’m too sexy for my sweater.

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The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” -Ray Bradbury

For centuries, books have housed the collective knowledge of the world and formed the foundations of educational institutions. Given that these objects contain such value, it only makes sense that throughout history people have constructed beautiful buildings to house them.

We put together a list of some of the most beautiful libraries as captured by Instagrammers around the world. For more photos from these architectural wonders, check out their linked location pages below.

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