NZ-Auckland
We almost didn't get home in time for Christmas... completely our fault this time!
When we arrived at Queenstown airport, we couldn't be found in the travel registry. It turns out that we booked the flight a day earlier than we should have, so our flight was purchased for a day too early. Yikes! Fortunately, kiwis are nice people and those at the ticket counter let us on board once they determined they had room for us.
After that drama, we ate dinner at White restaurant in Hilton, 7 course prixe fixe with wine pairings. We felt we deserved some luxury after all our hostels & backpacking! After all, it is our honeymoon...
Towards the end of dinner we met my dad's friend, Peter Hawthornwaite, in Auckland - they are friends from when my dad started working in NYC! We were really excited and felt blessed to have some fellowship time with other christians - that was a nice, unexpected surprise.
The next day, after strolling through Auckland downtown, we left for the airport and we found we were actually able to pack all the NZ wine into our luggage! And checking in our box from Australia turned out to be no problem.
We do plan to have some wine tasting events to try out the wines we purchased. But with all the events going on this year of 2007 it looks like it may not be until next year...
When we arrived at Queenstown airport, we couldn't be found in the travel registry. It turns out that we booked the flight a day earlier than we should have, so our flight was purchased for a day too early. Yikes! Fortunately, kiwis are nice people and those at the ticket counter let us on board once they determined they had room for us.
After that drama, we ate dinner at White restaurant in Hilton, 7 course prixe fixe with wine pairings. We felt we deserved some luxury after all our hostels & backpacking! After all, it is our honeymoon...
Towards the end of dinner we met my dad's friend, Peter Hawthornwaite, in Auckland - they are friends from when my dad started working in NYC! We were really excited and felt blessed to have some fellowship time with other christians - that was a nice, unexpected surprise.
The next day, after strolling through Auckland downtown, we left for the airport and we found we were actually able to pack all the NZ wine into our luggage! And checking in our box from Australia turned out to be no problem.
We do plan to have some wine tasting events to try out the wines we purchased. But with all the events going on this year of 2007 it looks like it may not be until next year...
Labels: Auckland, dinner, honeymoon, Julie, New Zealand, wine, Xavier
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