Leaving Rotorua and Arriving in Te Kuiti...

Hi Everyone,

We've finally arrived in Te Kuiti!

We left our backpackers at 10.30 this morning, although that should have been 10! Whoops! We decided to go to the 'Fat Dog' for brunch, which was really nice! Rob had scrambled eggs with toast and hash browns. I had eggs benedict with Bacon! It was really nice but I still have not beaten my park slope eggs benedict!

After that I left Rob at the i centre and I headed off to the florist to get Kim some flowers and also to the supermarkets for wine and some bits and bobs.

Then I headed back and we went to get the bus! As per usual the intercity buses were really disorganised, the journey was really pretty though, we changed at Hamilton.

We arrived in Te Kuiti to meet Kim, Chris and Sarah (ow I forgot to tell everyone that theres ANOTHER Sarah Bailey out here in NZ!). We headed back to the house to meet Glen and James. The house is beautiful, its right at the top of a hill with the most BEAUTIFUL views across a valley. They have lots of herbs and a vegetable patch that would make Mummy and Daddy very envious! They had really really nice rosemary!

We had some drinks and chats, then Sarah and Chris introduced us to the guinea pigs! We had a wander around the garden and played rugby catch with Chris. After that we had bbq dinner of sausages, steak, meat patties, rice salad, courgettes and green salad! It WAS SOOOOOOO YUMMY!!!!! So nice to finally have a proper meal!

After dinner we headed over to Mangaukwa Viaduct, which is a river surrounded by hills, with Glen and Chris. We had a walk around, it was really lovely. The family haven't been very well with a bug for a few days so Chris seemed to have endless energy!

I hope everyone is pleased to be breaking up for Easter! Congratulations to Lisa for getting a job!!! Well done Chick!!!

Lots of Love,

Sarah xxx