Jill and Jo
Well, we haven’t made it online in a few days. We’re in Wellington, visiting with Jo (friend from school who I haven’t seen in 9 whole years) and Glenn and staying with them tonight (and currently using their internet!)
The last few days haven’t been terribly eventful. On Friday, we travelled to Wanganui and spent the afternoon looking round the town and down at the beach. We also found this little glassworks place where we got to watch a man making paper weights, I think! All very exciting. The highlight of this day for Jonny however was getting to see premiership highlights on Sky Sports on the tv at the campsite. For me…not so much!
Yesterday, it rained in a hideous way the entire day. We drove down to near Wellington and stopped in a little place called Paekakariki for the night. With all the rain there wasn’t much else to do until we found a cinema in the next town, so ‘how to lose friends and alienate people’ helped us to pass the evening!
Today, we drove to Wellington, and spent the afternoon being shown the sights, which included the view from Mt Victoria over the city and a trip to the botanical gardens. Jonny even got to play football with Glenn and his mates as the they were one short, hopefully he hasn’t wrecked his knee again! Soon, it’s time for the huge roast dinner they are currently cooking for us, so all in all it’s been a great day!
Tomorrow morning, we take the ferry to the South Island. It’s an early start for us – we have to be there for 7am. Now i know that’s not that early but we have been getting lazy lately and that sounds early to us! So it’s on to another land mass and who knows what we’ll find!
Talk soon
Jill (and Jonny who kept adding bits!)
