Wild and woolly...and veges...

Well the weather goes from blue to grey to everything in between, so we are layering up and doing whatever. Great day at the market on Sunday - sunny with blue sky; yesterday was a good day to be at Te Papatongarewa (our national museum) seeing some excellent, interactive exhibits of the stuff that makes, and has made, New Zealand the way it is.  Food is awesome, and constant!  Actually had to turn down a dinner out last night cos we just needed a sandwich - definitely a first world problem!




On the deck - notice the wee hills behind!



Brekky at The Prefab - yum!



This guy sets himself up for getting pushed into the water every time.
(Wellington wharf)



Fresh fish being filleted and sold right off the boat...now that's what I call a fresh market!

Sheryl is all about the seafood! Me? Not so much...

 

 



Veges, veges and veges! It's the Sunday thing to do. (Te Papa, our national museum, in the background)

...and we're here!

...and we're here! Eating...drinking...family-ing...yep, that's about it really. Left the supermarket, loaded with lollies, chocolate and (Tuatara) beer (!) - the beer is not for me...kind of...but sharing is always nice...

Temperature is chilly but not unbearable. Hardly noticing no central heat (I said hardly!), as we move from heater to heater within the house, noticing the rather sudden drop of temp where the heater is 'warming up'! Ah yes, we are robust warrior folk here, and cold blasts don't even hardly affect us! (see, I said hardly again!)

The reintroduction of driving on the other side of the road was undertaken yesterday and was easily adapted to...after a while...and a slow and very careful drive around the neighbourhood, then screaming past the cousin's (Jackey) house where we are staying due to not recognising it (!). So far, so good - right?? Today we pick up our car.  Woohoo and watch this space!

Gandolf welcoming us home (Wellington airport).

 

The wind needle - part art, part indicator of wind strength!

 


Cousin Jackey's house



Ah yes, nothing like NZ wine - lots of it!

The lists begin!

Time for the countdown to begin! Hi ho hi ho, it's off to NZ we go!  After 15 years Sheryl is actually coming too, so the big adventure begins.  Now, for all of you who give ME a hard time about lists and plans, take a look at what Sheryl brought home yesterday - the listus maximus! Watch this space as you join us on our travels.

Listus maximus!!! (that's my best Latin!)