Well today we arrived in Nelson and it sure is beautiful!
We are getting a bit lazy, so again it was a mad dash to get out of the Villa. I'm begining to think I should of gone on more sleepovers as a kid, coz I couldn't use the showers there either! Today we were headed to the World of Wearable Art, so we wore our cutest dresses and hairpieces.
Now everyone had warned me about driving on the South Island, and I kinda thought they meant the south of the South Island. Turns out South Island means South Island. The road to Nelson was up and down mountains and so windy, and there are not a lot of barriers between the road and the long drop right next to it! So carefully and slowly (two words no one has ever used to describe my driving) I drove the mountains to Nelson. Good news - I will be an expert at driving the Clyde Moutnain to the Coast when I get back - might organise a trip just to show off my mountain driving skills.Also stopped off at a chocolate factory, and I took a free sample coz I felt rude if I didn't. Confirmed that I definetely do not like milk chocolate!
Nelson is beautiful, parked just outside Starbucks! (but the town was so beautiful I skipped it til after lunch)We just walked around a bit, enjoying the sites until our stomachs started thinking for us and we headed off in search of food. Found this little place called When In Rome and ate the best lasagne of my life. No jokes, even better than the Labor Club.
After lunch we headed to the information place to find the World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars - I, being the most considerate travel buddy ever, took Chrissy the scenic way, through a carpark and past a car dealer, to check out some future classics. Just in case we couldn't find the museum. Turns out that was an unneccessary precaution, my map reading abilities have gotten so improved that I directed us there no worries.
The museum was smaller than expected but still cute, the Wearable Arts was amazing. I got some inspiration for my Katy Perry outfit and was in awe of the clothes. Some where amazing, and some were just a little wierd, made of things like straws and noodles! No raw meat dress a la Lady Gaga but still incredible. They had some outifts on a carousel and some seats in front, coz me and Chrissy got so dressed up and were so into it, I totally felt like I was front row at a fashion show. How very Nicole Richie of us! We also watched a DVD of the award show and really wished we had gone. Next up was the classic cars, which, Bro Montana - if you are reading this - you would have loved! Not that me and Chrissy were not impressed. They had a Deloreon - so that made Chrissy happy - and even though I cannot name most cars, I do appreciate the beauty of a Cadillac! Honestly - if anyone wants to buy me a Cadillac I would not say no!
After WOW, we headed into town for shopping (surpirse), we went to Fashion Island (which was not in fact an Island) and filled up on Starbucks before heading to teh Backpackers. We are staying at The Bug, which has heaps of VW Beetle paraphanelia (coz there is no way I would be staying anywhere with insect paraphanelia) OMG - Chrissy was totally brave today, there was a spider on the outside windscreen of our car at the chocolate factory, and i like jumped out of the car and stood back in fear. She just, cool as a cucumber, flicked it off and stomped on it! Pretty heroic deed in my books. and so much for no spiders in NZ.
So, back to the backpackers - oh and me and Chrissy discovered we are actually Flashpackers, not backpackers, so that makes us feel far superior to the horrid backpackers who laughed at our suitcases in Paihia. - um off track again. This backpackers is so lovely. If Cactus Jacks wasn't even better, this one woudl totally be our favourite. Although, (and I'm pretty sure Dan laughed at this when we suggested it for Cactus Jacks in the Thermal Pool) they did give us chocolates on our pillows! So that sways in their favour. Even if I don't actually like chocolate! This place is the second best back packers ever!
Um after bring our bags in, and this time the guy who laughed at us for having so much stuff only chuckled and then lead me through the house opening the doors for me. How lovely. We decided to pretend to be real backpackers and head to the supermarket - if only for tissues and a Frisbee.We decided to walk, so we headed down the street, got distracted by a cool tree at the park, played on the swing for a bit and walked a little further up the street before we woke up to ourselves and realised that walking really was not our thing. We then headed back to the car and drove to the supermarket. Which was fun! Everything in New Zealand is fun. When we were at the movies the other day we saw a toothpaste ad that we both liked, promised that if you brush your teeth before bed you would wake up with fresh morning breath. So we got us some new toothpaste, and chips and dip and (coz we couldn't find a frisbee) some plastic plates!
Back at the Bug we took our Frisbee to the park across the road (very convenient) and played a rather short lived game of frisbee before our chips and dip picnic!
So that's all from Nelson so far, going to go on the Skywire tomorrow and get some Hells Pizza for dinner. Won't be the same without Jay, but we are being super saver backpackers and getting two pizzas for dinner. Which will be for dinner and breakfast and lunch tomorrow!
Bad News - me and Chrissy just realised we booked our flights and accomodation in Auckland for the wrong night. Holy crap!
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