wowsers its hot here.... Hi! So sorry for the lack of blog yesterday, after the brewery tour, late night and busy day following we were shattered. Plus the lounge of the hotel where we were staying was filled with some very noisy europeans who were not going to shut up for 5 mins, and there was no wifi :-( So, the brewery tour :-P. FAB! They know how to do a brewery tour in NZ - quick walk round the working parts with a very funny guide, then a 30 minute tasting...

Hello everyone in sunny UK!? (hehehehe) Some people have asked what we got round to eating last night, well in the end after wandering round trying to find somewhere with food that Nathan would like (fussy git!) we went into Winnie Bagoes which was a posh pizza place, yeah we know, pizza again (for Nathan the unadventurous) but we were tired and hungry! Anyway... today so far has been absolutely brilliant. 26oC sunny day. We started off with a lie in until 0830...

Kia Ora everyone :-D Hope all is well where ever you are? Um... where do we start today? The last 24 hours have been busy, and we're both still trying to wake up (adjusting to time difference still!) so will do our best to report on our adventures. Last night we returned to our hotel to find a FREE glass of wine awaiting us, which we thought it only polite to enjoy in the beautiful garden. We do have pics, but we didn't bring the camera to the library today - w...

Well we made it! After 3 different planes and airports and not to mention the dreaded LA customs we are saddle sore and absolutely shattered, but really happy to be here. The flights werent all bad; Nathan successfully watched 6 films while Nat...erm slept a lot! BA flights were fab - Qantas not as good and *jet star* wanted to know if we had any bags of chickens...? LOL. Finally - we found out they meant any bags to check IN ?! (Us Dorset folk aint used to the ...