The Visit

Posted on Mon 17 March 2008 at 08:13

A fortnight simply wasn’t long enough.  I had to work the first few days, so Shane would drop me off at work, drop Melissa off at school and then they headed out and about locally.

 We had a big party on the middle Saturday and loads of the ex-pats and my colleagues turned out.  It was so nice of them to make the effort to come and say hello to Shane and Lisa.  I spent all day cooking and had so much left over, the freezer is still full.

 Then on Monday, we headed up to Taupo for a look about and then on to Rotorua.  We spent 2 nights there and a small fortune on accommodation and sightseeing.

 Then off to my favourite place in New Zealand – the Mount.  Well, Papamoa to be precise.  We booked into a sea-front chalet and the view was stunning. 

Met up with a few ex-pats en route – again, thank you for your hospitality Caroline and nice to see everyone.

I don’t really want to dwell on it too much as they headed back on Saturday.  I dropped them off at the airport, saw them properly checked in and ran away.  I couldn’t  sit there for the last half-hour in case I burst into tears, and I so didn’t want to do that. 

Fantastic to see you both, hope you had a good time.  Like I said, can’t go on too much in case I start greetin’!!

I will elaborate on the visit via the cup Diaries: much funnier and less painful that way!!

The girl goes to Hamilton for Easter.  I will be working nearly every day she is away, so that ought to keep me busy.

Cup Diaries: entry 2

Dennis wanted to see the sights of Wellington, so started off with some Tex-Mex food at Coyote.  He met Maz for lunch: we had to hang about waiting for him to do his chat-up lines.  He didn't pull though, so decided he would have a walk about.  But as you may imagine, he isn't built for walking, so took the cable-car up the hill.