We are now on the second day of the
Bill Beach tour. Our last day alone in Auckland
was as beautiful a day as the day before had been grey. We decided to take a ferry to Waiheke Island
where we had heard about a lovely restaurant and winery where we hoped to have
lunch. Arriving at the island, about a
forty minute ferry ride, we chatted with another couple who had the same idea,
shared a cab and ended up spending the rest of the afternoon with them. They are Barbara and Jonathan, he an anesthesiologist
originally from Australia, and she a retired clinical psychologist from
Boston. They live in Sarasota now. We had much in common with them and it is a
shame we probably won’t see them again.
I promised to keep in touch though and they are forever immortalized on
this blog. The Mudbrick, a gorgeous
setting with lovely food and wines, was the perfect setting for a relaxing
afternoon.
Later that evening, back at the
Hilton, we met at last our guide and traveling mates for the aircruise of New
Zealand.
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| A beautiful platter for two at the Mudbrick Winery on Waiheke Island |
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| Tom with our new friends Barbara and Jonathan from Sarasota Florida |
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| The Mudbrick Winery from a distance |
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