Monday, December 31, 2012

Sleeptacular And Unicum

I would like to thank Anita and Jeremy for hosting a fun New Years party and say that I'm glad everyone liked the Greek sausage squares.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Tasty Coconut Bay With Josh

I would like to thank Norman for a delicious breakfast of strawberries, fresh homemade yogurt with bread, and an over easy egg on a half slice of toast (diagonally sliced), with half tomato cooked with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, a slice of wide bacon and a hash brown, some tasty chocolate at Coco, Ash's new sweater and say that I can't believe Ash stayed up for nearly the whole flight.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

South Island Single Malt, Public Gardens, Little Blue Penguins, And Amazing Tiny Bathrooms

I would like to say that Baldwin street is impressively steep, Oamaru is very cute with delicious whiskey, our lunch at Bangkok Recipe was very tasty, Norman at the Highway House was awesome, the public gardens are magnificent, our misplaced fancy dinner turned into pizza was still good, and the little blue penguins are so funny and cute running for their lives to get back home.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Walking Past The Nightlife Since We're Old

I would like to say that Olive Tree Cafe was delicious despite their weird sausage, Dunedin seems to be pretty depressing, but the Speight Brewery Tour was pretty awesome with 30 minutes of unlimited drinking, Steven at Highbrae Inn was very nice, and his recommendation of Tandoori Palace for dinner was very delicious, and watching The Hobbit in NZ seemed very appropriate, despite me falling asleep.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Meat Pies And Helicopter Crashes

I would like to say that our hike on the Routeburn trail today was pretty incredible with beautiful views from Key Summit at 919m, I wish I could be as impressive as the 70ish ranger carving out a water trench, these dangling caterpillar things are a little gross, but Earland Falls was very cool and refreshing, that Miles Better Pies is a little overrated, and the Te Anau Top 10 Holiday Park is very impressive with their nice facilities, highly entertaining people, and tiny tent spots.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Ducks Eating Fish And Non-Mirror Lakes

I would like to say that we hope Vivianne doesn't sell Loch Vista, Milford Sound is okay, but has some impressive waterfalls, and the Fjordland film at the cinema is amazing with the comfy chairs, and the White Dog Sauvignon Blanc, and that the pizza we finally ate at home after the complete lack of service at Ristorante Da'Toni was reasonably good.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

We Forgot Our Headlamps

I would like to thank Viv for the tasty croissants, fresh fruit, cereal and yogurt we ate with the other family, and say that our hike of the Kepler track to Luxmore hut and caves was a beautiful way to spend Christmas with amazing views, beautiful lakes, and a busy pizza and salad dinner at the only open restaurant.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Dizzying, Peaceful, Racing, Falling

I would like to say that pig and pigeon island are beautiful, I hope Ash feels better, Fergburger was pretty impressive, we are officially skydiving experts, and we had a nice drive to Te Anau where we ate a delicious dinner at The Fat Duck, which was luckily open on Christmas Eve, before tucking in early for the beautiful views of Loch Vista.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Holograms, Hawea, And Spa B&B

I would like to say that breakfast with Harry and Coco was excellent, the weka love oranges, Franz Josef was pretty gnarly especially witht he old people, Fox glacier was quick, we made it to Wanaka without running out of gas, took foerever to escape the 3D maze at Puzzling world, and that our view in Queenstown was lovely, along with our tasty dinner at Tam Nak Thai, and that these newfangled bathroom sink drains outsmarted us.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Heaps Of Sheep And Cows

I would like to say that the Makana chocolate factory is delicious, lake Rotoroa is full of bugs, and that our bike ride into Greymouth was much easier than the ride home after a tasty meal at Ali's, Harry's favorite restaurant, and that the New River Bluegums B&B is excellent with all of its sheep, it's tennis court, and hanging out with 6 a year old Harry.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Into The Wind

I would like. To say that Ash is a sleeping champion after 12 hours but we still had an amazing day cycling through wine country, stopping at Rock Ferry, Huia, Wairau River, and Cloudy Bay and a tasty wine, bread, and cheese dinner after a tasty lunch at Wairau River.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Hiking And Wine Country

I would like to say that our hike to Snout Point was really nice and that Picton was lovely including a tasty breakfast at Gusto and we had a lovely dinner at Cornerstone in Blenheim after arriving at Henry Maxwell's.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wool Company And Wellywood

I would like to say that our drive back to Wellywood was lovely with a lunch on the beach in Waikanae and that the ferry was really nice watching a movie and enjoying the sunset.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Wet And Wild

I would like to say that although Waitomo caving and abseiling was fun, I'm glad we only did the four hour tour instead of the 7 hour tour since I don't think it would have been worth it but we had a tasty lunch at HuHu and a nice upgrade to a self contained unit instead of camping tonight thanks to the rain.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Adventures Galore!

I would like to say that Zorbing is incredible fun despite only lasting 90 seconds and day that the zip lining canopy tour in Rotorua was really well done and worth our while and that I can't believe we won't be able to do the Tongariro crossing tomorrow due to weather.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain

I would like to say that Wellington is beautiful like San Francisco and that Tip Top ice cream is tasty and the Maori show and dinner was pretty interesting but really touristy, but Darren our tour guide as awesome.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Playful Dolphins

I would like to say that today was amazing with breakfast at Why Not, incredible swimming with dolphins and seeing Orcas and a humpback, and heading back to Christchurch and stopping at Brewmoon and a tasty dinner at Maharaja.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Welcome To NZ

I would like to say Taft I had a lovely birthday arriving in NZ, driving to Kaikoura, going on a long run/walk exploring the town and enjoying The Green Dolphin for a tasty dinner despite waiting a few hours for our luggage in Christchurch.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Shilpi Chauffeur

I would like to say that it was nice to leave work a little early and start off the celebrations with a tasty meal and beer at SFO on our way out of this country and I can't believe Travis was on our first flight.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cold-Eeze To The Rescue

I would like to say that I hope I can avoid getting sick on this flight tomorrow and I probably shouldn't have played soccer tonight although it was my last chance of the year.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Last Gym Trip Of The Year

I would like to thank Biagio's Asian for alerting me of the phone call that I was able to have with him before his show ends taping this weekend.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Maximalist Travelers

I would like to say that we're taking way too much stuff on this trip and we better camp with all of this gear and I'm jealous of the ladies' wine night and say that we really need to schedule a true scotch club with all of the members asap.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Almost Honeymoon Time

I would like to say that planning for this honeymoon is still not that great, but at least we have the first week mostly figured out.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Offensive Disaster

I would like to say that it was nice to play my last coed soccer game for a while tonight although it sucked to get killed like we did.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Top Engineer Or Real World?

I would like to say that I can't believe Biagio didn't know that Stanford was going to the Rose Bowl and had to find out during one of his recorded conversations with Aimee.