The 2008 vintage has begun. We have the day off so we don't get holiday pay for the day. Alessandro (de Italia) and I have been showing each other on Google Maps where we come from. Very good Italian coffee starts the days very well. We will work the day shift once the winery swings into 24 hr operation, which I believe is tonight. I run the wei...

Today I left Wellington to head to Nelson, at least that's what my plan was. I ate a large breakfast and took a bus downtown to catch the ferry this morning around nine. I got off at the train station, just as I was told to do at the hostel, but I didn't know where to catch the shuttle that ran to the ferry building. It didn't look too far, so I...

26th February 2008 Heading East we stopped off in Blenheim to stay at a hostel which had a river running past the back garden. We wasted no time in taking advantage of the free kayaks and followed the ducks down the river, basking in the sun! MALLARD! It was a beautiful, slow moving river and we were the only people on it. After just about manag...

Happy Birthday to me...... Well, I am such a lucky girl... Stu got me my beautiful Greenstone jewellery from Hokitka, and I love them... he also got me a 'Musicals' CD as I need to blast out a few showtunes now and again! Today was a lovely day, we went on our wine tour, Stu spoiled me, what more could a girl want! The tour was fun, we were coll...

Hi all, I've heard that you've got a heat wave kicking off over there, well bully for you lot! I guess it's your turn to gloat about the weather, but give it a month and we'll be off these frozen islands of NZ and defrosting on the beaches of Tahiti. Hope everyone is well and not too depressed with another disappointing summer of British sport. ...