We currently have an extra member of our family. She is Yasmin, who is from Germany, and is Eleanor’s exchange partner.
She arrived two weeks ago to the very cold weather, though looking on the bright side, the wet weather has been less of an issue. So much so, that there have been lots of clear days, cloudless nights, and hence cold nights.
In order to make her stay interesting and to experience the “real Kiwi life” we have been out and about a little more, seeing places that we pay less attention to these days. This weekend we went to Taranaki. We stayed a little beyond W(h)anganui at Waiinu beach. We stayed at chez Rook with Helen and Andrew and the boys , with other Rook members in attendance in the day and evening. It was Conor’s birthday bash, and we watched the All Blacks v South Africa game with real Kiwis.
We spent time at the beach and the children had some dreams fulfilled. The quad bikes were out, and Isaac could not get off the thing. Joe, Eleanor and Yasmin all had a go, as did I, just to break my rule. We had a bonfire on the beach with toasted marshmallows.
So Yasmin has been to rural NZ, driven the quad bike and seen a couple of All Black games. What else is left?
