A chilly day in Wellington

Nico, Sam's exchange student mate from Germany, arrived in Wellington last night. He is in New Zealand for seven months and will be spending some time with us as he tries to get work in the local film industry and plans his travels around the country. Today dawned with hail and gales but we dragged him out for a walk anyway. From the saddle at the top of the Wainuiomata Hill Road along the ridge behind Eastbourne. In the event the weather was not too bad. It didn't rain, just a few hail stones, and although cold we kept warm in our thermals and helped by a mid walk stop for hot chocolate.


From the left - Dyk, Noreen, Nico, Andy and Liz. (I have learnt how to use the auto timer on the camera!) We ended up at the cafe in Days Bay ...



... where we were joined by Jane who has just got from England and her daughter Zoe.


The renovations (or at least the current crop) are pretty much complete. The office is looking lived in again

while the piano is back in its rightful place


and the end wall is painted the correct colour (the painters' first attempt got the wrong wall!)


That should be the end of boring pictures of the house - Jenny and Sam wanted to know what surprises they were in store for when they next come home!