Update
Here's a little update. We’ve been quite busy these past days and the reason is, mom and dad have arrived!!!
They arrived on Sunday and I met them at the airport in Auckland. It was so good to see them again!
On the first day the weather was a bit shitty, it rained more or less all day so we went to Kelly Tarlton Underwater World and checked out the stingrays, sharks, turtles, penguins and we also found Nemo.
On Monday, the weather was a bit better, cloudy, sunny, rain, sunny, cloudy and so on. We started the day by taking the ferry to Devonport and went up the mountain and the view was very beautiful. A small shower came, but we took shelter in the trenches.
After a coffee break, where Andrew got his hot chocolate served in a bowl, we went back to Auckland, checked out the big boats in the harbor and had lunch.
We had a drink at an Irish pub and then we went to the Sky Tower. We took the elevator all the way up, 186 meters up and the view was pretty good :) mom was bit cautious and did not go too close to the glass :)
Yesterday we left Auckland and drove to the Coromandel and the first stop was Hot Water Beach. There you can dig a hole in the sand and the water, which then comes up, is hot. We couldn’t be bothered hiring spades but we checked out all the others who had. They were digging like crazy! We sneaked out feet unto other peoples wholes and yes sure enough the water was pretty hot.
Then there was a very long walk to Cathedral Cove! 40 min there and 50 minutes back (more uphill), it was pretty tough and hot! It was very beautiful when we got there but we were pretty tired.
We got to Tauranga in the evening, bbqed some meat and drank some wine :)
Today the sun was shining! So we went to Mt Maunganui beach and chilled out in the sun, dad and I even had a dip in the sea.
Dad was supposed to have gone on a fishing trip today but couldn’t. A ship (Rena) hit a reef not far from here in October and yesterday the ship split in two and the 150 containers which were still on the ship started falling into the sea. Some of them sank to the bottom and some of them are floating around and washing up along the shoreline.
It really sucks because not only did it mean dad couldn’t go out fishing but it also means the dolphin safari booked for tomorrow got cancelled as well. Stupid idiot captain thinking it was a good idea to take a short cut over a reef!
Leaving Tauranga and Jimmy’s again tomorrow, feels a bit strange, but we have a lot to look forward to. Mom and dad will be here for another 2 weeks which is great!
We found Nemo
View from Devonport
Sky Tower
Cathedral Cove
Hallå där! :D Ser att Ni har det jättegott. Här hemma är det kallt och grått. Hälsa far din att pimpelfisket har kommit igång. 1dm på Yngern vid Sandtorpsbadet! :) Allt lugnt här annars, och var rädd om dina föräldrar! Låt "gamlingarna" ta igen sig lite i mellanåt! Fniss Kramisar till Er alla!
Hej på er! Tittar in en sväng...hinner inte alltid med och läsa alla bloggar. Vanessa har börjat krypa och ställa sig upp vid allt som hon kommer åt så det är fullt upp här hemma. Börjar jobba i maj och då ska jocke vara hemma hela sommaren :) Usch börjar redan få jobbångest. Kul att dina föräldrar kommit. Ni kommer hem i Mars va? Ska bli kul och ses då...Känns som det var skit länge sen. Men det är ju för att vi fått barn osv...Ha så mysigt nu. kram från oss Linda, Jocke och Vanessa