Auckland Healthy Living Blogger Meetup

I’ve been lucky enough in the last six months or so to meet a number of awesome bloggers in real life that I first “met” online.  Today I was able to meet two more awesome bloggers who just so happen to live in Auckland, New Zealand (my current location). I went into the blogger meetup excited about meeting everyone (sorry you couldn’t come Marshy, I missed you!) and a little apprehensive about meeting such cool people.  I mean, who am I?

The meetup was at the Cornwall Park restaurant in Cornwall Park, a super cool place in Auckland.  Kepa and I got there a little bit early and just walked/sat around and I took some photos.

Then when the time to meet was closer we walked toward the restaurant and it turned out everyone was there and we all met under the tree (oh, what a magical moment, hehe).  It’s funny how every time I meet someone from the internet it feels like you are seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in a while.  You recognize what they look like, who they are, what they are about.  It’s like they are an old friend who has just been away on holiday for a while and is now returning.

Those in attendance:

Kepa, of course, because I now am allowed to drag him anywhere I want to go.

Mandy who writes at Staying On Course.  I met her through twitter, which is apparently a great way to meet new people.  She is an awesome chick.

Andrew who writes the super cool blog Andrew is Getting Fit.  His is one of the very first blogs I ever read about being healthier and I’ve loved watching his progress as a runner.

Andrew also brought his wife Sally and their daughter Emma, which was cool because she was so cute and very entertaining.

We all ordered drinks – mine was a green tea because I’m not a coffee drinker. We all had a devonshire tea (scone, jam and whipped cream) – which is delicious:

There was talk of travel and blogging and running and, um, cow tipping, among other things.  It was nice to talk with new people who have done and currently do some of the same things I do.

And here we all are, in a proper blogger meetup group photo:

Good times!

After the meetup Kepa and I ate at Burger Fuel and I caught up on some internet stuff like uploading and organizing my photos.  Sounds boring right?  Well never fear – I needed a boring day because I’m about to have some exciting things happening.  What are these exciting things?  Well tomorrow we are going on a road trip and next week there will be gloworm caving, kayaking, luging, and bungy jumping. Yeah, that’s right.  It’s going to be a freaking crazy week of adventure.  I’m so excited I can’t contain myself.  So a less exciting afternoon was exactly what I needed.  Yeah.

Today’s meetup was fun!  Have you ever attended a blogger meetup?  Or met other bloggers?

1. Candy, Support, and a Blogger Meet Up.
2. Healthy Living Is Forever
3. “Healthy Living” Over “Weight Loss”
4. Desmond Howard on Living Healthy After Sports
5. Moving Toward Healthy Living Goals

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