Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We are catching a ferry to the South Island today, and will be 'down south' until after the New Year, meeting up with Julie and Jay for Christmas and walking the Milford track over New Years Eve.

So before we left we wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Summer is here...

...therefore it must be Christmas time!

Well, all the decorations are up around town and everyone is in the festive spirit, and its 25C degrees outside! Christmas in New Zealand was always going to be an interesting experience for us.

Take yesterday - In the morning we went to the Thorndon summer fare, loads of stalls with food and wine, ice-creams and cold drinks. Then in the evening we went to the Botanical gardens and listened to Christmas carols, albeit in the open-air, fringed by palm-trees and warmed by early evening sunshine...

Christmas in the summer will be a very interesting experience.