LIFE : Cool weekend, or not
It was really good to catch up with my Uni/turning 30 friends on the weekend. And all done in the magnificent Bay of Islands.
Apart from the obligitary drinking and chatting about all things work and life, we also went on a cruise of the islands and a 1.5 hour walk. James, Leon and Brad went fishing instead of walking, and so we had a bunch of fish to eat for dinner on Saturday night. My favorite was the Golden Snapper, which is the best tasting fish I have ever had (apparently it's not actuall a snapper...)
Then on the Sunday we went to the Treaty house which was more interesting than I thought - we were staying about 1km away so thought we probably should. Then drove back to auckland, which took a while because I can only go 90 in my car.
Then everyone else went up the Skytower except me (I've been up, and wanted to check out the Kathmandu sale, which had nothing), and an hour later we returned to the cars to find that their car had been broken into.
Bugger.
Fortunately the only expensive thing that got taken was Cathie's wallet with a lot of money, all her cards, and her car licence. So we contacted the hire people (the window had been smashed) and the police (who told us to drive up to the station, which ended up being as far away from our new park as the old one).
After a while we eventually got all the paper work pushed, so I got them to come back to my place so they could use the vaccum to clean up the mess. Having done so they all left for their hotel in Hamilton, feeling much the worse for wear.
A very dissapointing end to what was otherwise a fantastic weekend. I am really looking forward to getting back to brisvegas to catch up with all my friends.
Apart from the obligitary drinking and chatting about all things work and life, we also went on a cruise of the islands and a 1.5 hour walk. James, Leon and Brad went fishing instead of walking, and so we had a bunch of fish to eat for dinner on Saturday night. My favorite was the Golden Snapper, which is the best tasting fish I have ever had (apparently it's not actuall a snapper...)
Then on the Sunday we went to the Treaty house which was more interesting than I thought - we were staying about 1km away so thought we probably should. Then drove back to auckland, which took a while because I can only go 90 in my car.
Then everyone else went up the Skytower except me (I've been up, and wanted to check out the Kathmandu sale, which had nothing), and an hour later we returned to the cars to find that their car had been broken into.
Bugger.
Fortunately the only expensive thing that got taken was Cathie's wallet with a lot of money, all her cards, and her car licence. So we contacted the hire people (the window had been smashed) and the police (who told us to drive up to the station, which ended up being as far away from our new park as the old one).
After a while we eventually got all the paper work pushed, so I got them to come back to my place so they could use the vaccum to clean up the mess. Having done so they all left for their hotel in Hamilton, feeling much the worse for wear.
A very dissapointing end to what was otherwise a fantastic weekend. I am really looking forward to getting back to brisvegas to catch up with all my friends.
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