We left Taupo in time to just get to Church Road Winery near Napier by 11am. Lovely drive, except for the fact that the petrol light came on 30 miles away from the nearest petrol station – just made it! We were the only one’s booked in for the winery tour, which including tasting afterwards, lasted 1.5 hours, during which the heavens opened. I had pre ordered their Bay platters which we ate afterwards, washed down with some of their wine. As Stephanie described it, it was a lovely “sophisticated” lunchtime. We then drove 5 miles into Napier to our hotel. The rooms were fine but nothing special compared with some we had stayed in. Once we’d unloaded our things we headed out to see the “Art Deco city of the South Hemisphere”. Of all the
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