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Travel Blogs from Napier
Liked the Wine Tasting
... different and quirky, rebuilt after the 1931 earthquake.
Weather cold again today with showers but the food has made up for that, good to have another day in Napier - we needed a later start today (wonder why?). Visited neighbouring Hastings which we found to be similar to Napier, parts were destroyed in the same earthquake.
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Campervan day 8 – 1 day in Napier
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The wine tasting tour was great, we drank lots of wine! At the first winery we must have sampled 10 wines. We bought a lovely bottle of a dessert wine that we both liked. We visited another 3 wineries where we tasted even more wines. Part of the tour was to go up a local peak, but it was grey and cloudy so it was cut from the tour.
We were shattered and probably a little drunk when we got back, so we just chilled for the ...
Christmas is acoming
... got sneezed in the face by a sheep. There are many worthwhile experiences as one navigates through life. A faceful of sheep juice would not be in my top 20, that’s all I’m saying.
In the evening, we were invited out to a BBQ. Honestly, like bloody buses these social occasions. Anyway, this one was from Nina- a work colleague of mine. We had a lovely evening drinking wine and being extremely jealous of their beautiful ...
Road trip rush!
... no hotels with vacancy in Napier because of the game, so we slept in the van. The tickets cost us about $280.00 plus the crazy drive and a night spent sleeping in a parking lot in our van. It was worth it, we got to wake up to an amazing sunrise on the beach. It will be an adventure that we will talk about for a long time to come.
The next day, instead of rushing home, we decided to explore Napier.
Napier is on the east coast of ...
Sun and fun in Napier
... and went to drink it at Martyn and Jen’s. They are living in a surf club on the beach. Rent free for taking care of it. Not a bad deal at all. After a bit of sky gazing and messing about with their very cute dog we bid our new mates farewell and staggered home for a bit of kip before our early bus to Wellington the next day.
A short, but very sweet trip to Napier. We both loved it and would definitely visit this place again.
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- Free parking