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The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 7!
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Saturday Dec. 29 2007
Napier to Wellington
Fluffy clouds and warm.
Check out and walk to breakfast – the kiwi’s certainly like big breakfasts and love coffee, I think I have the whole flat white thing down – its just a smoother foam then cappacino. We stop in a small gallery with some lovely jewelery and find [...]
Tags: Craggy Range·NZ·Wellington
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 6!
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Dec. 28 2007
Napier – Hawkes Bay wine region
Sunny and warm…. To start
As is becoming an odd new habit for us, we are out for breakfast by 8:30, and then head down to Hastings and hope the On Yer Bike wine tour has bikes to spare. Luckily they do, and we off biking at about 10:30. [...]
Tags: fish and chips·NZ·wineries
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 5!
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Dec. 27 2007
Rotorua to Napier via. Taupo.
Sunny. Time for sunscreen
Up nice and early again and head out, the drive to Napier is only about 2.5 hours, but there are lots of cool stops on the way. And the best news? Alex is starting to feel better! Yeah! The first stop we make is a geothermal [...]
Tags: Craggy Range·geothermal·NZ
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 4!
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Dec. 26 2007 – Boxing Day
Rotorua
Sunny in the morning, rain showers later, chilly
Today we begin our adventures, but not till we have breakfast. And the advantage with going to bed at 10pm? Getting up at 8am without an alarm clock. We wander a bit in Rotorua a bit, since things are actually open, at least [...]
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 3?
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Tues. Dec 25, 2007
Arr. Auckland, drive to Rotorua
Overcast/rainy, Chilly
Favorite sign: “Well, you asked for a sign. –God.”
Greetings from tomorrow! I predict that everyone will have a very Merry Christmas. Now that I have predicted it, it has to come true, and if it doesn’t that’s your fault not mine.
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 2!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sun. Dec. 23 2007
Lv LAX arr. Auckland
Our flight was not till 8:45pm, so we had lots of time to kill. We meet up with Erik and Angel for burgers at Fathers Office – a cool place with an amazing selection of beer. The beer was good, the fries were very good and the company was [...]
Tags: Fathers Office·LA
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 1!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sat. Dec 22 2007
Lv. NYC, arr LA
The flight was uneventful, if rather full and tiny (insert comment about how awful American seats are). Hopefully we will get upgraded on the way home. Everything bodes well so far, our bags were early off the plane, and the flight was in fact a bit early.