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Here comes the sun (at last!)
... we did a little exploring before we went to find our B & B.
Just down the coast from Napier is Hastings and a little out of that is a hill called Te Mata . A narrow windy road led up to the top and the views were amazing - 360o views of the ocean, vineyards (Hawkes Bay is famous for its wine) and over to the mountains we were at yesterday (which were a lot clearer today). After admiring the ...
Napier-Eine der schönsten Art-Déco-Städte der Welt
... Gebäude des Stils angeguckt.
Zur Geschichte der Stadt und des Art-déco-Stils: Am 3. Februar 1931 erschütterte ein heftiges Erdbeben die Stadt Napier. Nach nur 3 Minuten lag ein großer Teil der Gebäude in Schutt und Asche, 256 Menschen starben. Innerhalb von 3 Jahren entstand eine neue Stadt. Wert legten die Architekten dabei auf die Einhaltung des Art-déco-Stils. Die geometrischen Ornamente und Formen waren Symbole der modernen, schnörkellosen, ...
Wine and whine makes it all fine
... get AIDs, I only have sex with women"
- [from the fat bouncer Jo spoke to the previous night who is just in for a drink on his night off and who despite the following was actually quite lovely]: '...aw I don't mind, my sister's a ******t aye. [raised Jo and Claire eyebrows] Aw no offence like, thats just what we call you guys here" [Jo and Claire hysterics kick in].
Needless to say we roll into bed in the early hours. Bloody good wine tour.
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Napier
... hostel, watched some TV and hit the bed. Wine tasting in the morning, whos driving??!!
Day 2
Annie is driving, which means that unfortunately, I am going to have to taste the wine, oh no!!!!! Anyway we got up, left the hostel and and drove up to the top of Bluff hill, we got some great pictures of the port, those guys are exporting some timber!! Following that we passed the ...
New Zealand: The Land of the long white sneeze
... I tried to make that sound all mysterious, but actually it wasn’t and all credit to Colin for not getting very cross that I had made him walk up a mountain for an hour against an increasingly icy wind, and ridiculously under-dressed for it to boot.
From Picton we sailed to Wellington, spent a night at a rather sad and down at heel site in “Upper Hutt” and the next day drove on to Napier. It rained almost all the way but was sunny when ...
This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: Robert's Cottage


