yesterday we tried our hand at renting a car, in the city. andrew tackled the driving, and as scary as it was, he did i better job then i would ever do. it was absurdly windy, but we went to the top of mt.vic and visited, te papa, a museum on the waterfront.  andrew played golf at manor park. pics to come. were going to the all blacks game tonight against argentina, and then FUBing. can't wait. 

dinner time

we cooked our cray fish and blue cod for dinner. so delicious. 

Road Trip Part 3

on our way back to picton, to catch the ferry to wellington, we stopped and saw a huge colony of seals in the water, 10 feet away from the road.  it was crazy to see them just floppin around. on an unrelated note, andrew and i have also become obsessed with cadbury chocolates, they pretty much never leave my purse.  snacks are a road trip essential in my book.  

Road Trip: Part 2

after we hopped off the ferry we took our time and drove hammer springs, it took about 4 hours through the windy mountains, andrew thought he was a race car driver and it was one of the more terrifying experiences of my life, winding around corners, on the edge of cliffs, with no guard rail, people flying around us. i think i said" ohh no slow down" 100 times. but we made it! we stayed the night in hammer springs, and woke up at 6am to get to kai kura so we could be fishing by 9.  

"that high street never looked so good"

 6am car ride

if you ever make your way to NZ, and want to go fishing. tomo is your guy.  he is a nz native, and owns kaikura fishing charters.  he took us out for a few hours, and besides me getting sea sick from the 10ft swells, it was really fun.  we came across a school of about a hundred dolphins swimming right up to our boat. 

Tomo emptied his crayfish boxes and gave us a few to take home. (they are basically a lobster)

my fish: blue cod andrews: sea perch

the boys caught a bunch of sea perch, i stopped fishing because i was so nauseous.  then andrew caught a baby shark

we are back in wellington now, so nice to be home after a long three days.