Napier!

So when we left Rotorua we headed for a place called Napier, in Hawkes Bay. Its an adorable town that is centered around art deco architecture. We went to a comedy show the first night we were there and it was hilarious. We ended up hanging out with the comedians afterwards which was also fun.... however we keep telling our parents that this type of a night is just networking while looking for jobs, they aren't really buying it and dad says we better not network too much longer. Nevertheless, it was fun.

Napier also happens to be in the middle of the wine region of the North Island, so after spending the first day or so just wandering around town, we decided to take a winery tour. We had a driver who took us and a couple we had been hanging out with around to 3 different wineries and a brewery/cider house. We got to do a tasting at each of the places and we all had a really good time.

At the last winery we went to, they had lots of these flowers called Birds of Paradise, which my dad loves, and even has one of his own back home. Just before we left, he had just gotten his first 2 blooms on it and was so proud of his little blooms (i'm now told there are around 10). So anyway, when Laura and I got here and saw these seemingly rare flowers EVERYWHERE in this country, we sorta had a good laugh about dad back home with his 2 little blooms. So dadm the picture with us and the BOP is for you! (it didn't turn out how we wanted it... we couldn't stop laughing long enough to take the picture.)















a cute little park in Napier











So after 5 days we left Napier and arrived yesterday in Wellington. We are hoping to like it enough to stay here and work for the summer. So far it has been raining the whole time so we haven't gotten out to see much.... guess we'll have to wait and see