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… admittedly one of the highlights of our weekend

Well, our roadtrip was pretty damn successful! So successful in fact, that the kids all want to move to Napier. So do we. Dreams are free, huh.

Rather than giving a hugely detailed account of our trip I thought I’d just post some photos and a general overview… here goes!

Friday
We left about lunchtime, got to Napier at 3.30pm and stopped at the Silky Oak Chocolate Company for some afternoon tea (OMG, the 3 hour trip was worth it for the Marshmallow slice!). We then went into the city and spent some time on Marine Parade before heading up to the Bluff Hill lookout for some… well, looking out! Bluff Hill was followed by a trip to Mexi Mama for an authentic Mexican dinner. Well worth the cost, the food was simply delicious! After dinner we found our way out to my friend’s house and spent a couple of hours socialising before getting some much needed sleep.

Kiddos all ready to go!

Rainbow on the way to Napier

Marshmallow slice from Silky Oak Chocolate Company

Entering Napier… I love the Palm trees!

Marine Parade

Bluff Hill

When having Mexican for dinner it seemed only right to have a Corona...

Mexican for dinner… seemed only right to have a Corona!

Saturday
We left my friend’s at around 8.30am and headed into Hastings to get some new shoes for Emersyn. Her boots broke. Of course. After our quick visit to KMart we went up to the top of Te Mata Peak and were lucky enough to have a breathtaking view of Hawke’s Bay. Te Mata Peak was followed by a short visit to Arataki Honey to sample some honey and learn about bees… it was quite fascinating really! From Arataki Honey we finally made it to Skeinz. It was love at first sight, I tell ya! All that wool, all that inspiration – it really would have been easy to spend hundreds of dollars in there! By then time was getting on so we had a quick stop at McDonalds for lunch before going to McLean Park to watch Hawke’s Bay beat Taranaki in the final pre-season match. We were lucky enough to get a photo with one of our favourite players who seemed amused when Eloise told him her dad used to be his teacher when he was in primary school! After the game we stopped at the famous Marine Parade playground before heading to Feilding to stay with friends for the night.