Thursday, August 31, 2006

Kaiteriteri


I’ve decided to let Angela have the night off from blogging. I guess I’ll make it a practice to post about every fortnight. Recent picture of me.










Anyway, for those of you who remember, this is our favorite beach here in NZ. It is also the starting point for the Abel Tasman National Park. So we took the day a couple weeks back to drive out to our beach. We had intended to explore Golden Bay and Collingwood (if you don’t know where these are, Google them) as well but due to circumstances well within our control, we didn’t make it that far. After getting up, working out, and then stopping by my work we were well on our way by about 12. So we altered our schedule and decided to only go to Motueka and Kaiteriteri. We stopped in Motueka first for lunch. Motueka is a small town (7,000 people) about 18kms from Kaiteriteri. A place I could see living but the job prospects are minimal.
We went to a nice little café for a lunch deal that included fish and chips, salad, and a coffee. We then hit the bakery for dessert – I’m addicted to the latte slice (you’ll have to visit to understand) so much so that I’ve already added 20 pound. Then on to Kaiteriteri to scout out the area we will be spending our entire summer – swimming, kayaking, and just relaxing. We strolled up and down the beach (see pictures) while having our bakery. Next, I decided we should go visit the bed & breakfast that we stayed at in Jan 2005. Diane was outside watering her garden when we arrived. After mentioning that we had stayed there in 05 and that I had referred several others to her place, we had a seat to catch up. She and her husband had just returned from a trip to Spain and Portugal and she was getting ready to head to Wanaka for a ski trip. Long story short, she’s asked us to come back and stay at her B&B for free this summer – uh, ok, no problem for us.

After leaving we decided to drive around the area a bit more to scout out our future home. For any who come, we’ll take you out here to spend a day or two.

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