Road Trip

Back to our New Zealand adventure. Once back in Picton after completing our circumnavigation of the South Island, Deb and I were both ready for some time off the boat. The last time we had been tied to a dock was the last time we were in Picton. So it was off to the rent a car and travel by land to Blenheim and Nelson (along with some additional Marlborough wineries).

We will skip the winery part since we have already done a post on them – suffice it to say that we enjoyed it just as much as our first visit. With that, on to a few pictures of the central square in Blenheim where I was doing a walk about while Deb made up for lost shopping time.

From Blenheim, we were off on a cross country run to Nelson Lakes, Nelson, Tasman Bay, Pupu Springs (I’m not joking) and the artsy Takaka.

Our first stop was Nelson Lakes known for its mirror images of the surrounding mountains – but not the day we were there.

Pretty much a washout so we had a little lunch at the local hotel and headed on to Nelson. Nelson is a marvelous city known for its iconic cathedral much like Christ Church (before the earthquake). We spent the better part of a day enjoying the marvelous gardens that surround the cathedral which is set on top of a hill.

A few other pictures taken around the town – don’t know why I took so few but this is what I have.

We had an absolutely wonderful meal at Hopgoods – well worth the time if you ever get to Nelson.

From there, it was on toward Takaka but more on that in my next post.