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Time is moving so fast and we have been so busy that we never just got around to keeping you up to date… A quick overview of our adventures in the past few weeks:
Dan and Heather
Our friend Dan was in town again, it was great to see again him after more than a year! His girlfriend Heather was in Wellington as well and we spent a couple of days eating, drinking, kite flying and having fun. Dan took us to one of his favourite places in the area: Turakirae head, between Wellington harbour and Palliser Bay. A beautiful and rugged coastline with rocks, sheep and seals.
Dan brought his geology book to explain how the coastline changed several times during big earthquakes in the past, most recently in 1851 when the land was raised 2.5 meters.
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Waikanae
A week later, we spent a great relaxing weekend in Waikanae (Kapiti Coast) with a bunch of friends. We were housesitting for a friend’s mother who was travelling. Walking on the beach, kite flying, throwing frisbees, skateboarding, cycling, eating, drinking and playing games… we had a great time and the weather was nice as well.
Eastbourne
The weekend after, we were planning on visiting the nature reserve of Kapiti Island with our friends Carlos and Ximena, and Ximena’s parents who vere visiting from Chile. We arranged permits to visit the island and called early Saturday morning to confirm boats were going out that day. It was a beautiful morning so we thought we’d be allright, but no boats were going to the island because severe winds were expected later that day, so we’ll have to save our visit for another time. We went to Eastbourne instead to walk along the coast, and it was quite windy indeed, but we had a nice walk and a great picnic.
Diwali and Dental Surgery
Last weekend was Labour weekend and many people had a day off on Monday. And what a weekend it was! Sunday and Monday were the most beautiful days since last May! Everyone and his dog was out on the waterfront, from Oriental Parade all the way to Queens Wharf, where the Wellington Indian community celebrated the Diwali festival with music, dance and lots of great food. We just hung out all day and sat outside with a beer until the sun set at 8pm, fantastic!
Also this weekend… I had my wisom tooth extracted last Friday, so Friday was a bit fuzzy thanks to the drugs. Not too much pain during the weekend, thanks to the painkillers, but the stitches are starting to annoy me a bit. Only a few more days before they’re going out so nothing to worry about.
To top off this great weekend, we spent the afternoon shopping for snorkeling gear (we’ll let you know soon why we were after snorkeling gear), skating through town and on the waterfront, eating icecream and doing yoga. The only minor blemish on this nice day was that our car was gone from the big empty parking lot when we wanted to return home. Towed away, because apparently it was parked on a private (big, empty) carpark. You’d think they would put a sign up, but we never saw any sign. Oh well, best not to think about it (or the $190 it costs to get it back) too much…
Finally, I can’t resist showing you yet another magnificent sunset… We are so incredibly lucky living in a house with views like this. It never gets boring.
