We had a very civilised time up in the north of the South Island as we approached the end of our time there. In particular, our lovely afternoon wine tasting in Renwick. We hired bikes and with our trusty vineyard map, began our route around the countryside. It was such a beautiful day and although neither of us had been on a bike in about...well a long time anyway...it was such a great way to travel! We went to four wineries in the day, I'm not sure if you're up on your wines but I'll name them just incase. We began with Forest (my favourite, their Pinot Noir was delightful and their desert wine I could have drunk with a straw in the bottle.) Then on to Framingham, Seresin and finished with Isabel. It was a really interesting day, and we both felt quite educated by the end of it. So much so that in a bar the other night, we asked the waiter to recommend a wine and he started describing one to which Emma said 'the Pinot Gris?' and she was spot on. How cultured are we.
In total contrast to that day, when we were making our way back to Christchurch we stopped in the town of Kaikoura, famous for whale and dolphin watching. We went out on a boat trip to swim with the dolphins and I dont think I was quite prepared for what we got. We dived in and were immediately surrrounded by dusky dolphins, it was the most incredible experience. We were told that to make it fun for the dolphins, we had to act like them so the would interact with us. That was a fairly amusing sight in itself. And you have to believe me when I say that I was swimming right beside them, and there were about 300...I've thought about how to describe this experience in my blog and I really dont have the words, it was just awesome.
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