Today we drove to Wellington from Napier. We had an awesome trip, Elsie was an absolute gem! Sleeping well and playing happily in the carseat. We made it to Masterton for an uneventful lunch then continued to Wellington, stopping in Waipawa the heart of ‘lamb country’ to visit a local butcher selling ‘NZ’s award winning sausages’. The butcher, Murray Stehpens, took his art quite seriously and kindly supplied me with some free sausages after it transpired that I had purchased almost every sausage except for the award winning ones! We stayed in Wellington for the night with Sarah, Wayne and their boys, Lachlan and Anders. Sarah cooked a delicious lamb shank, served as it should be, unctuous, tasty and falling off the bone. A few wines, a great nights sleep (thanks for giving up your bed guys!), and we were up and off on a boat.
With the birth of Elsie in January 2011 Joel and I decided to take 9 months out to spend as a family in New Zealand. This blog will follow what we get up to while we are down under. There won't be any hilarious adventures or witty prose. Expect the mundane with the ordinary - a detailed recording of the minutiae of our domesticity. This blog is for us, for posterity and those of you currently far away wondering how we are getting on. If it's details you're after – you’ve come to the right place!
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