Theresa and John

Yippee yippee my sister Theresa and her husband John have been out to visit myself and Al here in good old Kiwiland. They arrived last Monday and spent a week with us, they had been in Sydney for a week beforehand visiting some friends and attending a wedding. I went to meet them at the airport of course and I was like a kid on xmas eve I couldn’t wait to see them both. That night we just had dinner at home and caught up on all the gossip from back home. The next day was Anzac day so the country was pretty much shut down so Al’s family came over to ours for lunch and to meet Theresa and John, we spent the day drinking, eating and watching Al’s family try and work out some of the things Theresa and John were saying as their accent is by far stronger than mine. The next day, I took the guys around the bays and into Al’s parents shop so they could have a nosey around and buy some stuff, that night Jase came over for dinner and to meet the lads. Thursday we went to Te Papa the national museum and we saw the Lord of The Rings exhibition which was pretty cool, although I did think it would be bigger, we then just went around the rest of Te Papa and did the earthquake house, shear a sheep etc. After Te Papa we went for a walk around town and up the famous cable car to the Botanical gardens at the top, from there you get great views of Wellington so they got some cool photos. We then hit the shops for some rugby gear for Theresa and John to wear to the rugby game on Saturday, did they find stuff? Put it this way they now have a different top to wear for every game this season! I then drove up to Mt Vic to the lookout so they could get a great view of the city and its suburbs. That night we went to Al’s parents place for dinner and so the Theresa and John could watch a DVD of his parent’s holiday in the south island and see a bit of the country that way! On Friday Al took the day off work and we all headed over the hill to Martinborough to visit some vineyards for wine tasting, we visited five different places and we bought a good few bottles and so did Theresa and John in fact they nearly took home more wine than clothes back with them! We had lunch in Martinborough and afternoon tea in Greystown. On Saturday we had a wander around town and had a lazy afternoon in the pub just to get us in the mood for the rugby that night. Everyone came over for a BBQ before the rugby so we could all get excited about sitting outside in a cold stadium while it was raining! Thankfully when we got to the stadium the rain had stopped and it wasn’t to cold inside there. The game was brilliant we won by loads and we even got a try which we converted in the last few seconds after the whistle was blown pretty awesome. Theresa and John really enjoyed it to as they would of heard of a lot of the players the Wellington team the Hurricanes had so it was quite exciting for them. After the rugby most of us headed back to our place for drinks and a guitar playing session courtesy of Darren and Al. On Sunday we took them over the Haywards Hill and then over the Paekakariki Hill for amazing views of the Kapiti coast and then into Kapiti itself to see Susan, Kim and the girls and to have a stroll on the beach. They went home on Monday afternoon and I found it very hard to adjust to them not being at home, it was so great to see them and spend time with them and sharing some of my life here with them and it made me very home sick for my family big time, but I guess I will see them in 13 months time.