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| Bay of Island View from our Apartment |
Today we decided to take a vacation from our vacation, and just hang out and do very little. And I’m happy to report we were successful.
But before I say what we did do today, let’s start off with the view that greeted us in the morning – the view we couldn’t see when we checked in last night. A very nice place to live for four days!
Anyway, this morning we took it slow. Made a nice egg breakfast at home and Skyped with Sara and Wayne.
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| Snapshot of Paihia Town |
We eventually drove into town to see what Paihia had to offer. It is a cute little, mostly tourist town, with lots of restaurants, tours of all different kinds, backpackers spots, shops, etc., etc. It also has a really nice swimming beach and beach park, which is where we ended up – having a nice picnic for lunch. We walked around town for a while, exploring. Before we left town we booked our island cruise for the next day, then headed back to our apartment to hang out some more.
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| Beach Park at Paihia |
As the day was ending, we enjoyed another glass of New Zealand wine and then went back into town for a delicious Indian dinner at a cute little waterfront restaurant (that doubles as a bakery/breakfast shop by day, Indian restaurant by night). After dinner, we came home, had one more glass of wine as the sun set (around 8pm here) then watched a John Stewart show I had previously downloaded from iTunes. Then off to bed. A perfectly uneventful day!
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| View from Our Dinner Table |
