Ka Mate
June 14, 2004 5:06 am General
So Pia managed to find her way down to Christchurch on Thursday afternoon, and we organized a bit of a roadtrip leaving early Friday morning for Dunedin. The start of the trip was pretty unpleasant, with the car feeling like an icebox. We’ve been meaning to fix the heat in the car for a while, and I think this might be the wake up call I need to book an appointment at the mechanic. We drove inland towards Mount Cook, past some amazing landscapes, but also some pretty dismal tourist spots which we had a bit of fun at. Managed to win at the stone skimming contest, but embarassingly lost at the snowball fight. It was good to catch up with her again, this time for long enough for a chat. We narrowly made it to Dunedin in time for Pia to catch up with some of the guys in Dunedin. Best of all, I got told many stories to embarass Jeff. Hooray!
Dunedin was quite a nice place, and we got some wonderful weather heading out along the Otago peninsula to see some albatrosses. We bailed on seeing some yellow eyed penguins and opted for an afternoon in the Speights brewery tour. Much more beneficial. The All Blacks game was game. It was a pretty intimidating atmosphere for the tourists to play in, and with a deathly cold night the rugby suffered a little bit. There were sparks of magic from the All Blacks, but a rather disappointing score of 30-3 to the All Blacks showed out a pretty weak English team. Looking forward to the South African game in late July. Had a pretty relaxed Sunday heading back to Christchurch, dropping off a present to Carolyn’s friend Ange along the way. Finished up the day with a nice take away from the Noodle box. Yum.
