Lovely time spent with my lovely parents

My days off this week have been amazing because I got to spend them with my awesome parents. It's been a great opportunity to show them around this part of the country that we've been calling home for over a year. Knowing that they hadn't really travelled inland to the mountains that was definitely the first thing we had to do together. We drove the 1.5 hours to Lake Tekapo and unlike last week we had glorious weather for the trip. On the way we stopped at Fairlie to share some pies and enjoy a morning coffee before carrying on our journey. We split 3 pies but somehow I got short changed and only ended up with three quarters of a pie when I put my 3 pieces together. We eventually made it to one of my favourite bends in the road in the whole country where you get to see the surreal turquoise blue waters of Lake Tekapo stretched out infront of you as you descend down the last hill to the lakeside. We pulled over to take some photos and just to soak in the scene and having been here 3 times now I can tell you it doesn't get any less amazing the more times you visit. It's a breathtaking view and that's what I love about NZ is that I know most of the things we have seen would take my breath away just as much as the first time we saw them. We stopped by the Chruch of the Good Shepard and being an expert now of visiting this place I managed to get us some photos with no one in them by standing on a rock while everyone else took pictures including the crowds of tourists. Mum bought a new fleece in Fairlie and I think she was so glad she did when we headed up to the observatory at the top of the hill and stepped out the car. The wind was bitterly cold to remind us it's still winter but the view was 100% worth it. You can't not be blown away (quite literally) by the scenery of this country and its been so awesome that I got to share that feeling with my parents. I think they loved the day as much as I did especially when we escaped the wind to head inside the cafe at the observatory to have some drinks and cake. I felt bad that the next day we didn't do anything nearly as exciting but at least that gave them time to clean out the campervan ready to drop it off the next day. If New Zealand wasn't so far away and we could family visit regularly I think we'd definitely want to stay here. I could spend a lifetime exploring this spectualar landscape. Maybe everyone should just relocate here! The rest of the week was uneventful in comparison. I took Eliza to a music group for the first time on Tuesday which she loved so we will be doing that every week from now on. It's only $3 and we get morning tea after so it's even great for me as well. Nick and Bruce have managed to put a huge milk tank on one of the trucks which means as long as they have another person helping them the calf rearing team can split up in the mornings and get the job done by lunch time rather than by the end of the day. This frees them up for the afternoon to milk. It's working well so far and with more calves out in the paddocks I think it will be the best way forward as long as there's enough work in the afternoon for them. We have a lot of staff at the moment so Nick is a little worried but I'm sure it will be fine. Bruce knows we are here to work and there's always odd jobs to do. I can't believe we've done over a month already, time is just flying by!Meer informatie