Saturday, January 31, 2009

Farewell New Zealand

I am at the Auckland airport now to begin the long journey home.

Today I had my breakfast on the back veranda of the B&B before packing up my bags and checking out. I left my bags at the B&B and arranged for a taxi to pick me up at 3 pm. I decided to go back down to the harbour as it was a beautiful sunny morning. I went to the Pacific Series area to watch the New Zealand vs US yacht race (the kiwis won) on the big screen.


I had my lunch at one of the harbour restaurants -- S'oul Bar & Bistro. Hapuku fish and preserved lemon brandade on toast with poached eggs and asparagus. Instead of a savvie I had a glass of the Gibbston Valley pinot gris from Central Otago region (all of the savs on the wine by the glass list I had already tried).

Then I just wandered around in the sunshine until heading back up to my B&B to get my bags and the taxi to the airport. Homeward bound.

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