Sydney Marriott Hotel- We have arrived in Sydney for our last few days and are looking forward to spending a lot of time on the beaches before heading back to the ice and snow. Our last couple days in New Zealand were spent in Auckland. We’re done with the death defying adventure activities but did still manage to have some fun.
We had read about many different wine tours in the Auckland area and had planned to go on one but for some reason decided we didn’t need a tour company to show us how to drink wine. Turns out we didn’t need them to show us how to drink the wine but it would have been very useful to have them drive us around.
We got ourselves a map of Waiheke Island and were led to believe that walking around would be fairly easy. What we didn’t realize was that the walking trails were very poorly marked so we never found them and ended up walking on the road most of the time. The road not only was a much longer route but also did not have sidewalks or anything most of the way. Luckily once we got to a winery they were all set to explain their wine and more importantly had water.
We are not huge wine drinkers but were looking forward to the tastings. Of course the people giving out the wine are explaining all the acidities, fruits, tannins, etc…basically speaking another language. My personal favorite is how every wine ends up being able to meet whatever need you might have. Three explanations in and I forget I don’t love wine and am thinking maybe wine would be good on cereal?
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| What else can a girl do when the wine glass they give her is dirty? |
Our last night we had dinner at Tower. The only way we could tell this was the Auckland Skytower and not Tower Junction (restaurant/bowling alley near April’s hometown) was that we were hundreds of feet up in the air and the all you can eat buffet had sushi on it.
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| A view of the city (and the Skytower) from Waiheke Island |
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| Our dinner on the Milford Sound cruise |
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| Sadly...no reference to Wisconsin, but we still had to try it |
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| Our dinner from Fat Badgers...Atomic Pizza, Lasagna, and Cheesecake (we were a little hungry) |
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| The dessert buffet at the Skytower |
We can't make this stuff up...we saw all 3 Pustina girls within 48 hours of each other
Personally, I love that I got to be the potato chip and cheese Pustina! We can't wait to see you two when you get back......BTW, we may need to talk about Lilly's cell phone bill....She's been making a lot of overseas calls!
ReplyDeleteLove u....enjoy the remainder of your trip before heading back to the tundra!
Enjoy your last Aussie honeymoon weekend on the beach with the warm weather! Our weatherman just said that "warm weather is on it's way!" (hopefully it will greet you when you get off the plane:) Love you both lots!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your last weekend basking in the warm sun and relaxing. So....has Lilly been calling you guys?
ReplyDeleteLove you and miss you both!
finally able to comment - i have had a few "catch-up" sessions due the lack of internet so i am behind on posts and figured it was too late to comment. going down under looks like an incredible trip - the cities look amazing and you have had unbelievable experiences!
ReplyDeleteprops to the author-this blog is hilarious - there were so many funny things i wanted to comment on but for now love the wine and cereal
Dear April & Luke,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are having fun on your vacation and hope you are soaking up the sun on your last few days in Sydney.
I know you are both avid Wisconsin Sports Fans (Badgers & Packers), but from one Wisconsin Sports Fan to another, I may have to ask you to go half way around the world next time there is the possiblity of a very important game. You were able to watch the Pack win the Super Bowl while in New Zealand, but I am guessing being able to watch Badger Basketball beat #1 Ohio State was impossible in Australia. In all seriousness though, you missed a great game and Dave didn't even make me DVR it so, unfortunatly I won't have it to show you along with the 35hrs of Packer coverage!