Karere House Blenheim

We decided that Duncannon hostel was the place to stay because they had almost guarenteed us work. It was also the only place with a twin room as all the other places could only offer us dorm rooms which we dont want. On arrival the staff were very helpful, showing us around and offering us the choice of rooms....ranging from, tv in room or no tv! This place is designed for seasonal workers only. They have loads of contacts with local ...

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Home made Dukkah, Marlborough extra virgin olive oil and bread

Homemade ravioli filled with pumpkin and ricotta garnished with shaved parmesan, drizzled with local extra virgin olive oil

Pan fried loin of veal served with funghi risotto sundried tomatoes and broad beans

Isabel C******nay 2005

A taxi back and off to a cosy bed (having remembered to turn on the electric blanket before I went out!

... that they were never going to make it into either of 'favourite foods' lists. With the sun dipping towards the top of the mountains, we made our way quickly up to Cullen Point for yet another wonderful vantage point for photos before high-tailing it back to Blenheim before dark, happy and satisfied with the most enjoyable day spent driving in either of our lives. Collected a takeaway curry (Indian this time) and ate along with some Gewurztraminer back at the B ...

... decent warm clothing in my pack. Also that my bag has continued around with me. The people around me are having a giggle as they are still in thongs and shorts (we are inside - though no heating, they are wearing jumpers) whilst I have just gone and put stockings on under my pants, socks, another top layer and pulled out my thermal gloves! My fingers are improving but I still can't feel my big toes. Tomorrow is supposed to clear up - just a night event. I do hope this is the case ...

Well, I have been rather delinquent at writing the updates so I apologize for the delay. I have been thinking about my friends and family and what everyone is up to now and how the Christmas preparations are going. I must say it really doesn't feel like Christmas here. There's something about the snow and the start of winter that goes along with Christmas. It is the start of summer vacation here, so not only is it Christmas but school is out!! Anyway, looking forward to Christmas ...

... wine country was under an hour, so we slept in -- what a luxury! At about 9:00 we headed out for our strenuous day of tasting wine, liqueurs, olive oils and chocolates. This was a scouting trip so we could personally make New Zealand wine recommendations to my brother. I hope he appreciates the extra lengths we had to go to on his behalf! Our original plan was to rent bikes to tour the area, but rains put a damper on the ...

... Freundin Claire, sie wurde 21, was in Neuseeland noch richtig gross gefeiert wird. Dort habe ich wieder viele nette neue Leute kennengelernt und wir hatten einen Heidenspass!!! So, eigentlich wollten wir am Sonntagnachmittag wieder mit der Faehre nach Wellington zurueck. Aber da wollte uns das Wetter einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen. Es war so stuermisch, das alle Faehren fuer Sonntag abgesagt wurden. Erst um 19 Uhr sollte wieder eine Faehre ...

... We docked and my free transfer to the hostel was waiting. Everything in NZ just seems so EASY? Nothing really seems to go wrong (touch wood). The hostel is lovely and has a hot tub you can book so you have it to yourself so I arrived dropped off my bags and thought the hot tub would be the perfect spot to read my guidebook and figure out the next step. I then strolled into town and had a sundowner on board the Echo - a permanently moored old siling ...

... al een reistabletje ingenomen. Maar, omdat het hier bekend is dat het in Cook Street flink spoken kan, was ik er toch niet gerust op. Kon van de zenuwen al bijna misselijk worden, hahaha.
Met een uur vertraging vertrokken we en eigenlijk was er niets aan de hand. Het was een grote stabiele boot en we hadden even wat deining, maar al snel geraakten we weer in warmer water en zagen we fjorden van het Zuidereiland al. Nu heb ik onderhand een ...