How do you spot a Slovenian in Queenstown?

Easy. You wait for the temperatures to drop to 1. While Kiwis are still rocking jandals and shorts, the Slovenian is fully wrapped up in winter clothes. The last weekend I spent in Raglan, celebrating my best little friend's 4th birthday party. It was full on summer, which made it even harder to return back…

Making friends

Meeting people in a small town is much easier than in a million-city. Less people, bigger chance you see the same person again and again. I guess it also helps that most of the people in Queenstown are travellers who came here by themselves so are actively looking for others to connect with. I am…

Let the new adventure begin!

Saying goodbye is never easy. It helped that I am flying back to Raglan in less than two weeks :). Nevertheless, I was quite happy to finally hit the road. Being on holidays is awesome, but after a month of doing nothing my brain became slightly disfunctional. If not for myself, I needed to go…

Ants in my pants (aka Mevle mam u rit)

I live this perfect life. I have a beautiful place to stay with sunsets that even after four years still take my breath away. I work right across the water surrounded by amazing people. I sail a few times a week. I surf whenever the conditions are right (well, at least in summer, I got…

America’s Cup: what better place to be than NZ?

Well, Bermuda, I suppose :). But NZ is surely the second best place to be on this amazing and looooong (it's only 11:00 am and I have already done a 7-hour shift) day. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, where I work, is the home club of the Emirates Team new Zealand. And from today,…