Last week in New Zealand :(

Our time in New Zealand is quickly coming to an end :(

We stayed one night in Christchurch, and since we hadn't heard back from any farmstays yet we extended our van rental from the 6th to the 8th and took off for Akaroa, on the coast. Akaroa is a beautiful, laid-back, peaceful harbor town. We parked our van at our campsite and took a pathway downhill to the town. We walked along Main St., ate a delicious lunch at a cafe - I had seafood chowder that was amazing and Sarah had a yummy chicken sandwich. Then we walked to the other end of town and through some old graveyards, then out to the lighthouse and back through town. We hiked back up the hill, relaxed at our campsite for a few hours then drove back to town for dinner. We ate at this awesome restaurant and I got seafood risotto that was out of this world. It had calamari, salmon, mussels, scallops, hoki fish, etc - all straight from the ocean we were dining next to. Can't get enough of their delicious fresh seafood!

After dinner I checked my email and saw that I received an email from the farmstay we were most interested in. They are able to accommodate us so we will be heading out to their farm tomorrow. They have cherry & apricot orchards, horses, sheep, bees, gardens, etc on their farm so it should be fun and interesting to help out.

We leave for Aussie on the 15th, we are flying from Christchurch to Auckland to catch our flight across. That was much cheaper than keeping the van, taking the ferry and driving back to Auckland. Plus it saves some time. Not sure how the Internet will be on the farm so this may be the last post until I'm in Australia!