Tag: lotr

  • 081 | Windows :: Hobbiton, New Zealand, 2012

    081 | Windows :: Hobbiton, New Zealand, 2012

    I’ve read all the books and seen all the movies, but I’m ashamed that until I got to New Zealand, I did not know that this was the land where most of the LoTR filming took place. Although it was not on our original itinerary, by the time we got close to Matamata, our close…

  • Hobbiton

    Hobbiton

    I’m not a big Lord of the Rings fan, and haven’t even gotten around to reading The Hobbit. But there’s something magical about visiting the beautiful movie set for the Shire, set deep in the hills of the north island of New Zealand. I went without too much expectation, thinking it would perhaps be like…