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It's been quite a week we've had, having a great time catching up with Seany-boy... He and Simon hadn't seen each other since December 2004 when Simon moved up to Newcastle and Sean left England for home... so it's been a lot of fun!
We've also met Nora, a German girl, who urged us to stay with her in the seaside car park in Napier rather than pay for any more nights at the campsite... and then Stefan and Michael (Micky... Michi...) who live in New Zealand, working as cabinet-makers for super yachts... Some people have cool jobs, eh?! (They've just done one for Mr. Gucchi and are presently working on one for Mr. Wrigley!) Together we formed the Mitsubishi Van Gang(!) and Sean's come 'over to ours' after work most nights and slept in his car!
The car park's been great, with sea views, wonderful sunrises and a pool at one end which we've taken full advantage of, swimming laps, enjoying the hot spas and using the showers! Inbetween working, Sean's shown us around Hawkes Bay. (He's just finishing up the apple season on his dad's orchard in Havelock North.) We had a great night out in Napier on Friday (our first in yonks); a lovely day on Ocean Beach (popular with surfers and Sean's local since he was a lot younger) - I have really come to love the New Zealand coast...; a drive around the countryside another day, with Sean pointing out all the local orchards, farms and his neighbouring landowners; and then a funny wine-tasting afternoon yesterday... Really good. Another place where we could see ourselves living... very easily...
Simon's all set up with an NZ bank account and IRD (NI) number... just got to get the job now! I think we're going to try and do the Tongariro Crossing with Stefan and Michi this week and then Sean'll have finished work and will join us on our road trip for a couple of weeks. It'll be fun and good to have that Kiwi insight... We're going to try and get over to the South Island soon and perhaps pick up a bit of work down there.
Okey dokey. Talk to you soon... xxx
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