Fortune, Misfortune, and St. Patrick's Day Too

We stayed nearly a week in the and around the town of Takaka and its many attractions. We did have the misfortune of a negative kiwi experience and lost a few of our dear belongings including our packs, phone and Christina's vision (both glasses and contacts were in her pack). We were fortunate in many regards, and Christina is making due with some wonderful $14 glasses in the mean time. From Takaka, we headed back toward Nelson and started deciding what type of work we would like to pursue. Motueka is the heart of the apple industry and full of vineyards, both in full swing. We browsed local papers and read of the work available, droves of workers and camper vans. We even ran into some friends from our previous orchard job who were happily working... but we lacked gumption from our disappointing kiwi encounter and weren't up to settling into full time work yet. We decided to head back into Nelson and celebrate St. Patrick's Day and re-evaluate our plan from there.

St. Patrick's Day was great. We went to an Irish pub and had a Guinness Pot Pie and took in a U2 cover band. U2 is a big ticket to cover, but they did a very good job bringing Ireland a little closer and entertaining with music that I had put on the back burner for some time now. All in all, a great way to recall me roots and make me red beard proud!

Our plans then took on a new direction as we headed toward Blenheim with an overnight stop to take some midnight yoga and star pictures.

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