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Today we went for a little day trip to Arrowtown via Cromwell. Cromwell was full of vineyards and orchards which were cool and it had a giant statue of some fruit which was awesome! Then we drove on to Arrowtown!
Today I found my new favourite place in Arrowtown. It has to be the prettiest, most idyllic town I've ever been to! It was like walking back in time 100 years or like walking into a movie set. Although the town has been modernised with banks and cars, the buildings are still as I imagine they looked about 100 years ago. It reminded me of a little town in old fashioned movies like Anne of Green Gables.
We arrived just after midday and headed straight to a little cafe to get some lunch! Them we walked over to the small Chinese settlement which had some old buildings by the river. Then we went for a walk around the town and popped into some of the shops which were really cute! I (finally) bought mum a fridge magnet from Arrowtown as I remember she loved it here.
Then we headed to the museum and rented some gold pans and walked down to the river in an attempt to find some gold. We weren't successful however it was still fun!
Then we walked back into town and went to 'The Remarkable Sweetshop'. I think I fell in love. It was one of the best sweetshops I've ever been in! It had every kind of sweet possible! So of course I bought myself some chocolate here!
Then we drove back to Wanaka and went for dinner with Kura and Donald to a Japenese restaurant.
Lots of love, Soph x
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AJ Wirepa Hi Sophie - AJ here (your mum's kiwi PA). She let me read your blog so I could see how you were liking NZ. Glad to see you enjoy the same places as me. We have some really good friends in Kaikoura and love it there and Arrowtown has always appealed to my love of 'olden times'! I here you are in Dunedin which is where I most recently lived. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit the esplanade where the city meets the sea and the pizza at the restaurant there is really good (or it used to be!). Enjoy the rest of your travels x