Woodside Cottage
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Hard life of work
About the last week I have not that much to tell you.
Most of the time I am working, sleeping, eating something and drinking … :D
The work is hard and so everyone enjoys the weekend as best as he can.
Unfortunately this week we have not that much to do on the vineyards and we had Friday and Saturday off. It is nice to have that much free time, but it is really bad for the money…
We had much fun at the weekend and very nice weather. It was sunny and I had to ...
A sophisticated sort of travelling
... we found a nice little place which was famous not for wine, but for liqueurs and spirits. This made Scott feel a bit more at home and we spent a while tasting different yummy things and talking to the very nice lady who ran the place. After this we continued our 'wine' tour by visiting a chocolate factory - not quite right I know but who can say no to chocolate!Finally we made it to our first vineyard, which was an amazing set up named 'Spy Valley' after ...
The beauties of the world right here NZ.
... sounds i thought i'll have a gander at my pics. Only to find i had lost it and remembered putting it on the floor at the very top of Mt Stoke. Tony and Jill asked what was wrong to which i said there was no point in saying but told them. We all gave each other an exhausted look and said mmm yeah i think it's a gonna now. You see there was no way i was hiking all that way to the top again to get that camera it took us nearly 3 hours to get up there. No way bye sony i didn't ...
Saying goodbye
... gotten in to water so cold – it took your breath away. I’m pretty sure the Atlantic Ocean was warmer when in Cape Town.
In between passing the days idly, I’ve been earnestly beginning to job hunt, as more university rejections came my way. It’s hard not to get disheartened, but it’s obviously not meant to be. And I’m not giving up just yet.
And now, after nearly four really lovely months of basing myself in Picton, ...
Zuidereiland II: Fjorden, gletsjers en stranden
... goed. We lopen ook nog even over Wharariki beach aan de westkust. Na een lunch in een oud schoolgebouwtje rijden we naar Abel Tasman National park. In het dorpje voor het NP is het erg druk en we zijn blij dat we de laatste plek op de camping hebben. Helaas naast de keuken waar de hele avond een groep zuipende jongeren blijft zitten... Als we om 23.00 uur vragen of het wat zachter kan krijgen we een grote bek. We bellen de campingmanager die de jongeren weg ...
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