Forgive me while I write this, I've had a few glasses of wine. Since Mark and I have lost all sense of time, date and routine, we have had to adopt new ones, like starting the day with a three hour walk in the morning along a white sandy beach and ending the day with a bottle of New Zealand wine. But before this becomes another "wish you were here, life doesn't get much better than this" emails, I'm going to tell you the truth...New Zealand sucks. I mean, how many times can you round a corner and be surprised by another beautiful cove, another picturesque beach, another 2000 year-old tree? We found a beach that sits atop a hot spring, so if you dig deep at low tide, you can dig yourself a nice spa
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