Why New Zealand?
As many times as we have shared this news with people over the last few weeks and months, you would think we would have a better answer, but in short it boils down to just a few things.
First off, have you SEEN New Zealand? I can sum it up for you in one word - awesome. Awesome landscape, unparalleled natural beauty and almost all of it totally accessible. Its like someone took all of the cool stuff from a continent the size of Europe or North America and shrunk it down into a two-island country the size of Colorado. If you need a reminder, check out this video (or watch LOTRs, Narnia, Avatar, Taylor Swift's video for Out of the Woods, Xena Warrior Princes... you get the idea):
Then there are the professional reasons. As a family of two consultants, we are naturally curious folks. And as professionals who have grown up and worked in different countries, this move gives us a chance to continue to do the work we love but through a slightly different lens in a wholly different environment. Its my experience in life that you learn more about who you are and your own culture when you are surrounded by foreign experiences, and so my hope is that we will go through something similar professionally. We will both remain working for the same company in Wellington that we do in Washington DC, but my hope is we will experience our own work differently which in turn will help us learn and grow.
Finally, there is the chance to explore a totally different side of the world. Chris and I have both traveled through parts of Asia and we loved Tokyo, Seoul, Kyoto, Beijing and many other cool cities. Being already on this side of the world - albeit very far South - we hope will enable us to explore further afield and see more of this corner of our planet.
So in summary, when people ask "Why New Zealand" the really answer is really - why NOT New Zealand?
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