We had decided that I would drive out of the Coromandel Peninsula because of all the bendy roads (although K had proved herself more than up to the challenge on previous occasions), and then would relinquish the driving when that bit was over. As it turned out, I ended up doing the whole trip back - not that I minded. We stopped at a Cafe at a place named Pipiroa half way through the trip which attracted us with it's unusual name - 'Bugger'.
We had to stop and have a coffee - and I had an Afghan again. K had a GF cake. The cafe had a lot of bugger related jokes and information - and even has it's own website. It was a fun half an hour, and did it's job of livening us up through refreshment, and cheering us up through it's jokes, stories and pictures.
It was gone three o'clock by the time we left this place - and there was still a while to go before we reached Auckland, and the friend's house that we were going to stay in for the night. We had said that we would be there just after six o'clock, and we managed this easily.
I parked up in their street (with the car facing the wrong way, as it turns out, and something I would have to correct later), and took our cases in - we still needed to do a final repack. We had a drink and a chat, waiting for the husband to return. As it was a weeknight and we were all quite tired we decided on a takeaway - so we ordered up an Indian meal and drank some wine until it was ready.
It seems that a favourite Indian meal in NZ is Butter Chicken. You can even get this in pies. I had never tried it before coming to NZ, and must admit that it is tasty, but I find it a little rich. After eating we sat around for a while and chatted before K and I went to rearrange our cases and packs before retiring to bed. Next day we had a full day to fill before flying out of New Zealand very early the following morning.
We had to stop and have a coffee - and I had an Afghan again. K had a GF cake. The cafe had a lot of bugger related jokes and information - and even has it's own website. It was a fun half an hour, and did it's job of livening us up through refreshment, and cheering us up through it's jokes, stories and pictures.
It was gone three o'clock by the time we left this place - and there was still a while to go before we reached Auckland, and the friend's house that we were going to stay in for the night. We had said that we would be there just after six o'clock, and we managed this easily.
I parked up in their street (with the car facing the wrong way, as it turns out, and something I would have to correct later), and took our cases in - we still needed to do a final repack. We had a drink and a chat, waiting for the husband to return. As it was a weeknight and we were all quite tired we decided on a takeaway - so we ordered up an Indian meal and drank some wine until it was ready.
It seems that a favourite Indian meal in NZ is Butter Chicken. You can even get this in pies. I had never tried it before coming to NZ, and must admit that it is tasty, but I find it a little rich. After eating we sat around for a while and chatted before K and I went to rearrange our cases and packs before retiring to bed. Next day we had a full day to fill before flying out of New Zealand very early the following morning.
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