Our next 2 days in Nelson was really a nice way of ending the last of our free stays in New Zealand before we head back to Singapore. Yesterday, K and I drove out to the Abel Tasman National Park and did a bit of walking and sight seeing. That's a very pregnant me walking along the tracks with my face all covered up like a Arabic girl..
After our short nature walk, we went to the Richmond shopping mall, which is really a small mall with the most 15 shops. There, we had a muffin and spinach quiche, and did some supermarket shopping for ingredients for dinner. Brett was going to make Phai Thai for us! And K was going to fry some chicken with indian sauce and make some chinese soup. We reached the house just when the sun was setting, and snapped the photo below from the driveway.. gorgeous isn't it!
DinnerAfter dinner, the 4 of us chatted more. K and Brett have been in serious discussions of selling Brett's photography work in Singapore, so they were working out the details. And Ayelet and I were surfing the web to research on the prenatal vitamins i was taking. She also tried to market the vitamins she was selling to me.
Today, K and I didn't really plan much to do. We stayed in the house till about 3pm, cooked lunch and then headed to another walk. This time to the center of New Zealand. The walk was supposedly a 1 hour uphill climb to reach the very center point of New Zealand (both North and South islands). But i didn't manage to make it. After about 2o minutes, i was totally out of breath and giddy from lack of oxygen as we climbed higher.. What a pity.. i would have loved to reached the peak of the hill and at least claim i have been to the center of NZ!! = )
After the exhausting climb, we drove back into the town center to the Kodak shop where Brett works. We were going to have dinner together at this Pizza place that Brett recommended. Dinner was fantastic. A great way to end our last night with them. I had the most delicious garlic bread ever. Hot and super soft bite sized bread rolls. Yum yum!
As main courses, the 3 of them had wood fired pizzas, while i had pasta. We also ordered tiramisu for dessert, and the owner made us a complimentary chocolate banana pizza cause he knew Brett and Ayelet. It was so nice!
Today, K and I didn't really plan much to do. We stayed in the house till about 3pm, cooked lunch and then headed to another walk. This time to the center of New Zealand. The walk was supposedly a 1 hour uphill climb to reach the very center point of New Zealand (both North and South islands). But i didn't manage to make it. After about 2o minutes, i was totally out of breath and giddy from lack of oxygen as we climbed higher.. What a pity.. i would have loved to reached the peak of the hill and at least claim i have been to the center of NZ!! = )
After the exhausting climb, we drove back into the town center to the Kodak shop where Brett works. We were going to have dinner together at this Pizza place that Brett recommended. Dinner was fantastic. A great way to end our last night with them. I had the most delicious garlic bread ever. Hot and super soft bite sized bread rolls. Yum yum!
As main courses, the 3 of them had wood fired pizzas, while i had pasta. We also ordered tiramisu for dessert, and the owner made us a complimentary chocolate banana pizza cause he knew Brett and Ayelet. It was so nice!
We drove home after dinner, and chatted a bit again, this time about photography. Brett showed us photos of their trip in India, and it was amazing. All his photos looked like something you get out of National Geographic!
I'm actually quite sad that we are leaving tomorrow cause K and I are in love with their house, the sunny weather in Nelson and also the company we have had for the past 3 days. We have been discussing a lot these days about moving to New Zealand for good when our baby is born, and Nelson might just be the place for us to stay in!
Tomorrow we have to wake up at 6am again, this time to drive 6 hours to Christchurch to pick up EK and S at the airport. So looking forward to seeing them again! Won't have internet access for the next few days though.. so will post blog again prob when i get back to Singapore! = )
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August 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Have a safe trip back to Singapore! Looking forward to see your baby tummy!