by Calvin Sun | Jan 16, 2018 | How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, New Zealand, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
2 videos of what just happened this morning — Rachel Xu’s Edit: And so she inspired me to do my own The music captures how I really felt when I fell into the sky: I couldn’t ask for a better way to put a dot on the...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2018 | How Did You Do That?, New Zealand, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
My favorite desktop background just got served: This morning we groggily woke up at 8am to catch our 8:30am Kiwi Experience Bus for our daytrip to Milford Sound. Luckily our bus picked us up from our (Nomad’s) hostel’s front door so we...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2018 | New Zealand, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
A memorable evening began with an equally memorable morning: I finally got a chance to add crème fraîche and chopped seaweed to my version of Gordon Ramsay’s Sublime Scrambled Eggs: Because we got in a day early, we spent the entire today...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2018 | Doctor in the House, Fail, New Zealand, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
Our 8 hour drive from Christchurch to Queenstown was pretty straightforward. But then there was all this: We also stopped by at a local horseback riding event for a quick ice cream break on the outskirts of Queenstown. Unfortunately,...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 12, 2018 | New Zealand, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
After an 8 hour drive from Picton and checking into our lodgings at Dorset House, we freshened up for a few minutes before heading back out for dinner at Shanghai Street Dumplings a few miles away. It was much needed meal after a drive that could’ve been 3...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 12, 2018 | How Did You Do That?, New Zealand, Public Transportation, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
Last night we befriended a fellow New Yorker (and certified sommelier!) named Elif last night while dining at Ortega Restaurant, where she then joined us for a shisha session and a dance party that lasted into the wee hours of the night. Thanks for making us all...