We spent the long Easter weekend in Napier. It's our 4th visit there since August, and it's just such a lovely, relaxing spot on the East coast, with great weather (normally) and lots of wineries to visit. We drove up on Good Friday and arrived around lunchtime. It's a 4hr drive from Wellington, but it was a glorious day and not much traffic so ...

A 4 hour bus ride to Hastings and Hawkes Bay awaits....but not before a night in a prison cell and a 30 km bike ride! Napier - a resurrected town steeped in art deco culture of the 30s.......seems like time passed it by.......another day of cycling through endless countryside and vineyards... I find a diamond in the rough! ...Mission Estate Vine...

I was staying at Brittany's for one more night, but again I wanted to have an activity for the day. I was staying at Brittany's again because they set me up with an air mattress in the attic and the two previous nights where the most comfortable night sleeps I have had in a long time. That bed was so damn comfy. The first activity on my list was...

Today we did a 'self guiding' tour of Napier. this is the mecca of Art Deco. the story goes there was an earthquake which distroyed the town beginning of 1930s so it was completely redesigned in the style of the day, ie art deco!! they have preserved all of these buildings and it is great walking round seeing all the various designs, all newly p...

Well again its been a while since we last updated you on our progress so here goes. After we left Queenstown we just went over the hills to Wanaka where we spent a happy day in Puzzling World. A deeply competitive afternoon of racing to complete puzzles and running around a huge wooden maze. Just so you know, I won the maze, I always do and it m...