We arrived in Christchurch late last Friday. As we walked to our hostel at midnight we could already tell the city was to our liking. The next day we ran a few errands, but mostly we got psyched up for the Crusaders Rugby game. The game was really fun, especially since the Crusaders won. I think the neatest part of it was how the players stayed on the field after the game to sign autographs. All the kids (and us) ran on the field, it was a fun experience.
We left Christchurch the next morning and headed north to Kaikoura. The first day there we did the peninsula walk, which we loved. It was really amazing to see all the different landscapes, and we even spotted some seals on the beach.
And we had an intense sunset that night.
The next day we were supposed to go whale watching but there had been no whales spotted for a few days, so all the tours were cancelled. We figured it was better than paying and not seeing whales and wasting the day. So, instead we headed to the local winery. As you can tell, we were not very experienced, but we had a lot of fun.
That afternoon we went tramping (hiking) in the mountains we had seen from the peninsula hike. We had a 40 minute detour searching for a Rimu tree just to realize that the track (hike) was a loop. We didn't even see the Rimu and basically did the whole hike twice. Oops. We also started questioning Civil Engineering in NZ, when we came upon some footbridges that could only hold one person.
The next day's drive took us through Marlborough, NZ's most famous wine region. Of course now that we were experienced wine tasters we had to give it a try. The first winery we went to had rows of grapes for each of the wines that you could try. Most importantly, I finally found a wine I like. Its called Gewurztraminer and is really sweet. Noah bought me a bottle.
We then went to another winery which had a french bistro where we had a gourmet lunch and a flight of wine. The cheese and seafood plates were so good, and along with the perfect location and weather, we were on cloud nine.
So much more to catch up, but it'll have to wait for another day.
The next day's drive took us through Marlborough, NZ's most famous wine region. Of course now that we were experienced wine tasters we had to give it a try. The first winery we went to had rows of grapes for each of the wines that you could try. Most importantly, I finally found a wine I like. Its called Gewurztraminer and is really sweet. Noah bought me a bottle. We then went to another winery which had a french bistro where we had a gourmet lunch and a flight of wine. The cheese and seafood plates were so good, and along with the perfect location and weather, we were on cloud nine.So much more to catch up, but it'll have to wait for another day.
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