Packing and dinner at Fleurs

I started the day doing any jobs I could find to put off packing... making dinner for tmrw, watering the coriander, sorting the fridge of expired condiments etc etc!
Luckily it was soon time to go to Mary’s to print out some more travels docs and have a coffee.
Next it was off to the post shop to get an envelope for some shoes I managed to sell on Trademe ( adding $15 to the holiday fund!)
By now it was 1pm and I couldn’t put off the inevitable any longer. It took me ages actually finding places to store the stuff I had out before I could even attack the actual trip packing. Trying to make decisions about 1 vs 2 pairs of trousers that will def be needed for the first 3 weeks but then may not be needed again proved all too difficult so they ended up on the ever increasing “maybe” pile.
Packing for all climates and temperatures from ice to rainforests for 4 months isn’t the easiest but headway was made after several trips to the shed revealed some forgotten about jumpers and t-shirts. We have also decided to pack items that we won’t be devastated losing in the event of being robbed/ losing luggage etc ( we have both experienced issues in South America before despite being v vigilant).
To counteract this tedious activity the highlight of the day was dinner at Fleurs to use up a gift voucher we had ( thanks Mascha).
Sadly “our table” was already booked but the lovely staff had put us on the large table next to it and we had the most delicious and lovely meal as always.
It was blowing a gale outside, the bay was rough and there was a young seal hauled up just outside the restaurant- fabulous place for dinner.
We left totally satisfied 1.5 hours later and drove 5 mins home - we r so lucky.
Tmrw it’s off to Wanaka for the night with som cycling on the way of the weather permits.Read more