Turned out to be a bit of a sun trap, john had to cover his head with his vest....they're all doing it in Milan you know!
Luckily the bar provided hats and factor 30, we took the hats!
Here's Dan and I cooking for the first time since we left home!
Next stop down to Oriental Bay, which is about a 20 min walk from the centre of Wellington lovely beach and cafes...
Then it was Krissy's birthday so we went out for a meal at a popular restaurant in Wellington....
Please sir can I have some more....
Birthday girl....
This one's for my Dad ; )
Most AMAZING tasting cake ever!
BBQ time....
Here's Krissy with one of the triplets (Sophie I think!) she Nanny's for and their sister Lydia
Gorgeous - Sophie, Holly and Matthew
Next stop Mount Victoria - cloudy view...
Down to the harbour for Chinese New Year
Dan taking the plunge...
Off to the Botanical Gardens....
Eileen taking the gardens very seriously :)
The start of Mount Kau Kau climb....
It got pretty treacherous at times....
Luckily the clouds started coming in to make the view amazing!
By the time we made it to the top we were in the clouds....
Not looking to exhausted!
On the way down...
Off to Martinborough Food and Wine Festival for a long weekend, we stayed in a gorgeous 'Batch' - bascially what they call a holiday home...
Out in the garden...
Out for lunch at one of the many vineyards....
Went for a walk around Grey Town which is just up the road and full of amazing shops and cafes...
We celebrated Andy's birthday while we were away....
Surprise...
Birthday bubbles...
Andy and Krissy were off to a wedding leaving us un attended with Glen and Dee who were visiting for the night from Auckland....
Always time for a spot of sun bathing before Glen and Dee arrive...
Glen and Dee have arrived, bbq before we headed off to the music festival...
The More FM Winery Tour which was on that night....
The headliners where Dave Dobbyn (big out here) Tim Finn out of Crowed House and Che Fu who's apparently pretty big our here, she (Che Fu) was amazing and seemed to be able to play every instrument on the stage! Cool thing is they all perform together on stage and take turns - must be a kiwi thing?
After it finished we had to walk back to the batch it took FORVER!!
Here's the boys...
The girls...
All together in the garden....
Arrr the Brutons...
Hang over breakfast by a zebra crossing...
Back home and off to climb Mount Kau Kau again, check out the toadstall it's like a cartoon one!
Slightly less cloud!
Slightly better view this time...
Time to celebrate Christmas, this is me on Christmas Eve having a drink with my friend Rona who I hadn't seen for over 10 years, we met in Australia and travelled together so had to meet up wth her in her home town...
Ok so you maybe asking why were we celebrating Christmas in March, well we thought it would be nice to do it again as we weren't together in December :)
So the tree got put up when whene got home from the pub...
'he's been, he's been'!
Here I am having a Christmas day drink in the sun, check out the view from their garden, oh and Sarah check out the badge :)
Check out the Christmas morning view (that's the airport landing strip in the background), John's this one's for you, boats, ferry and a plane it's all happening!
Hannah's dog Bella came for Christmas even she got a pressy from Santa...
Mushroom & Onion gravy...
Christmas Dinner...
Hannah brought my kind of Christmas pudding...
Santa's little helper...
Santa's other little helper....
Boxing day bike ride...
We found some sheep in NZ!!
It was the easiest free wheel with the wind behind us, different story on the way back!
View from Krissy and Andy's....
So after 4 amazing weeks it was time to say see John and Eileen off, here they are about to head off for the next part of their Adeventure to Australia...bye bye :( x
