Our first stop in Latin America was Santiago de Chile and it was planned for a long time since our world tour plane ticket was planned like that. We did not know that the time difference with New Zealand would be so important (16 hours) we left Auckland in the evening to arrive the same… Read More Santiago de Chile – Let’s stop here for a while
We spent a week in Brisbane, inthe state of Queensland in Australia. Once again Australian hospitality was confirmed and we were welcomed by three different rainbow families. Brisbane, a rainbow families-friendly city Kathryn and her partner Lisa, welcomed us to their beautiful home just steps from the center of Brisbane. Katryn is a Pharmacy Teacher… Read More Love makes a family in Australia: let’s meet with Kathryn
After a 3 hours trip on a ferry (no other way to go from one island to another), we spent some time in Wellington before heading back to the North West. We were hosted (couchsurfing) by a wonderful German family based in Island Bay, south of Wellington. Sacha spent long hours playing with their son,… Read More New Zealand – North Island
Direct link to the video Jacqui defines herself in her blog as a “writer, speaker, educator and advocate with more than 25 years’ experience working in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer (LGBTIQ) field”. I contacted Jacqui a year ago to let her know about our project and ask if she would agree… Read More Jacqui Tomlins fights for marriage equality and rainbow families rights in Australia
Traveler blogs are full of photos of Vans at the edge of the water, in front of the mountains, facing the sea. Symbol of freedom, promise of adventure, the van more or less big (or RV for larger families or the wealthiest) was tempting us! Free campsites, accommodation and transportation “2 in 1”, everything suggested… Read More Traveling in New Zealand without a Van: we did it and we don’t regret it
After the mountains and the fjords we continue our roadtrip to go up the west coast. We wanted to see a glacier! Here there are two that end not far from rainforests: Fox Glacier and Franz Joseph Glacier. To get in the Glacier mood, we dove our feet in the ice water of “blues pools”.… Read More New Zealand – South Island, Part 2
Direct link to the video If we have one person to thank for making our Australian trip unforgettable, this is Vanessa Gonzales! Thanks to her, our trip wasn’t just about visiting the most beautiful places of Australia, it was about meeting the most beautiful families and people of Australia! Vanessa lives in a suburb of… Read More Let’s meet with Vanessa, co chair of a rainbow families association in Autralia
We will spend 44 days in New Zealand in total. We started with the South Island as we arrived in Christchurch. What is striking in Christchurch is the space available, the new homes, those in demolition, the downtown not very big, still in restoration. The earthquake of 2011 must have been terrible and the city… Read More New Zealand – South Island – Part 1
We only had 2 hours flight between Brisbane and New Caledonia. It is with a heavy heart that we left Australia with the certainty, however, that our new adventures would soften our pain. It is with necklaces of flowers that Jean-Baptiste and Margaux welcomed us :). Such a nice surprise! Sacha waited with great impatience… Read More New Caledonia- a paradise Island (even if we had a lot of rain)
NEW ARTICLE UPDATED !! Before arriving in Brisbane, we had been contacted by rainbow families. Natacha managed to plan our stay by communicating via messenger with Grace, Kathryn and Jackie who had all offered to host us. Once again we were touched by the generous Australian hospitality. Grace and Suzanne welcomed us into their house… Read More Brisbane with Rainbow Families!