Winetasting! Hmmm.

4 december 2017 - Paihia, Nieuw-Zeeland

It was a bit hard to get up so early after a night in the bar. One of the locals would pick me up at 7:30am. But at 8:15am he was still not there. . well. . I could have slept longer then. . I guess he wanted to sleep longer as well. . because he was a bit drunk last night. Well. . then I should make a phone call and ask if I could join the wine tasting this afternoon.

Plan B! It was a good plan! First eat!!

We were with 5 in total and they were all 50+. But good fun anyway! We first went to a Dutch Cheese factory which was nice! I was pretty tired and I had to do my best to keep my eyes open during the driving! At our first wine tasting place we tried five wines, a walnut liquor and one white port. After that she asked if we wanted to try brandy or cognac and the men would like to try brandy. I said that I haven’t tried brandy or cognac before but would like to try some. She asked me if I use to drink spirits straight . . so I said. . well I drink bourbon . . I would like the brandy then she answered. And I started yesterday and told them the story of the guys that kept asking me if I still was alright.

Wine tasting number two. . it was a beautiful spot! There we tried seven wines.  Hmmm! Up to the last one. . There we had 12 wines and 1 port!! That wasn’t bad!! I really liked the port so I bought that one. So 27 wines/port/liquor in three hour, not bad!

She dropped us off at the hostel and I was glad that I could eat! After that I got really tired so went for a little nap on the beach! Back in the hostel I found a couch and fell asleep again. When I woke up I could have gone to bed but I got changed and went to the bar next door for a drink. They were doing BINGO and I got a card to play as well. You had to pay for that but because I already missed one of the three games I got it for free!

Some numbers were standing for a task like number 7 you had to yell: HEAVEN or number 9 you had to yell NEIN NEIN NEIN. When the judge picked you you got a shot. Well I was not doing well at getting BINGO but in 20minutes I got 5 shots! That wasn’t bad!

I started talking to a couple at the bar and then they bought me a drink and a shot. . then we got a shot from the manager too. . they had some left over shots from the BINGO. Nice! I wanted to pay them a drink back but they didn’t allow. He told me that he had to play in Auckland in a few days, I would be in Auckland as well that day. That would be my last evening!! So I probably would come over. I like life music!

Time to go to sleep!

When I woke up my friend was there again. . the last three mornings I didn’t woke up alone. . I had a new friend. When you have seen the pictures then you probably know already what I mean. Every morning there was a cat in my tent. . just lying there. When I wanted to put down my tent he moved. . but to the other side of the tent. . I didn’t want to move him but I had to. . bye cat!  

I did a little walk towards a waterfall and then I had to head back to Auckland spending my last days there. . . . Time flies now!!

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