Thursday 13th October
Today, the inevitable bout of homesickness struck. There
have been many times over the past week when one of us has momentarily been
overwhelmed by the vastness of the distance between us and most of the people
we love in the world, but usually they have been mercifully fleeting. A
combination of a late night and bad weather meant that we were both pretty
miserable this morning, and wishing we could go home.
A gannet in NZ
Sarah bravely tried to rally our spirits, and eventually the
weather started to clear and we drove out to Muriwai Beach, which is on the
west coast of the island. The west coast beaches are much wilder than those on the east, and have black volcanic sand. There is also a gannet colony
there. We went for a walk along the beach and agreed that it reminded us of the
west coast beaches of Ireland but with less rubbish. Our spirits lifted, we stopped at Soljans, a
Kumeu winery and had a really lovely lunch accompanied by wines from the winery.
For the evening, Sarah had organised a tasting menu at Number 5
and despite the vegetarian option being beetroot risotto (the two things in the
world that I really cannot eat) we enjoyed our meal and matching wines and the
homesickness was banished.
Thorn / Rose interface #1
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