Napier

Yesterday night, Maddie came to me and told me that something really bad had just happened and not to freak out. She put something into my hand that looked like my car keys. Or rather, half of them. The other half was stuck inside of the driver‘s door. Instead of getting some sleep, we were now meeting new people via telephone. A very nice locksmith who said that he doesn‘t do cars anymore but he would consider it if we had no luck getting hold of someone else. We kept calling him throughout and he called us to check and make sure we weren‘t stranded on our campsite. Luckily, we were able to reach a lady, who, we decided, wouldn‘t have to drive the 40 min to our campsite at night, but in the morning. And so she did. Very quick and efficient and now I‘m the proud owner of 2 new keys! (I had only been given only one when I got the car and had meant to have another one made as soon as I had a little time for that. In a manner of speaking, this morning, I had that time…). While insurance has promised to cover “up to half the bill“, let‘s wait and see if they shall.
After the car issue had been settled, we felt relieved enough to go for a swim in the ocean. The waves broke very close to the shore and were quite forceful. When I decided to get out of the water, a wave kindly felt obliged to give me a lift and washed me ashore with about the same amount of grace as a dead seal would have had in that situation. I‘ve still got sand everywhere. ^^
We got ready to drive to Napier to explore the art deco capital of the world. On the side of the road, there was a lovely shop with fresh fruit and veggies! We went shopping there for a bit and, among other things, got peacherines (cross between peaches and nectarines) and a cross between a peacherine with a peach. 75 % peach and 25 % nectarine. I wanna know who came up with that and why. :D
There was a beautiful waterfall in the Centennial Park! We almost thought we couldn‘t get in there because there was a wedding going on. Must be awesome photos with that kind of nature in the background.
(The second to last picture shows a few major wine capitals in the world.)Read more