{"id":6887,"date":"2019-02-28T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=6887"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:21:03","slug":"margaret-visits-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/margaret-visits-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Visits New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>About this time last year, Margaret and her husband Rob had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand for a wedding. The trip from Charleston to &#8220;The Land of the Long White Cloud&#8221; takes about 24 hours, but is well worth the effort! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0144-1.jpg\" alt=\"New Zealand\" class=\"wp-image-6889\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 990-mile-long island country is made up of two islands, the North Island and South Island, split by a thin strip of water. The North Island is known for the indigenous culture of the Maori people. It also has dozens of volcanoes, which makes for incredible scenery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0991.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6909\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>While on the North Island, we took a helicopter tour down one coast and back up the other.  Amazing!  You really have to see much of New Zealand from the air.<\/p><p><\/p><cite>-Margaret<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/air2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6893\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/air-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6894\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/air-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6897\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThere were sheep everywhere.  New Zealand wool is what most of the rugs I use are made of.  We ate a lot of lamb.  Delicious!\u201d<\/p><cite>-Margaret<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0525-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6899\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If North Island has beautiful scenery, the South Island kicks it up a notch. There are glaciers, fiords, sparkling lakes and mountains that rival the Alps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0847-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6901\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0870-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6903\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0888.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6904\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThis is South Island   We took an air tour to Milford Sound to see the glaciers.  You just can\u2019t believe what you are seeing!<\/p><p><\/p><cite>-Margaret<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0969-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6907\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0983.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6908\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret and Rob had a great time at the wedding, and\nenjoyed their field trips before and after the festivities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret shares her trip report from an amazing trip to New Zealand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,36],"tags":[38],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}