5th – 11th February
We went to Wellington over the weekend (10th-12th).
I love Wellington and whenever we are there I try and
convince Mark to move back. After a few Pinot Noir’s on Saturday I even suggested
to Mark and our friends that we could buy the house we are in now and move down
to Wellington for a few years. They loved that idea.
However, I realised as we landed in a rainy, cold Auckland
that I do love where we live. I am not ashamed to say that I am proud to be an
Aucklander. I grew up in a home surrounded by beautiful native bush and birds
and the west coast beaches are my utter happy place.
So instead we have
committed to travelling to Wellington more regularly to see our friends and
family.
It was a shorter trip than normal however we still managed
to catch up with a lot of friends and family. It is always a bit of a balancing
act to make sure that we catch up with Mark’s friends, my friends and family. I
think what helped was that as soon as I booked our tickets I text a couple of
friends and Mark’s brothers to let them know when we were coming down. We were
also catching up with quite a few of Mark’s school friends at a 40th
birthday on the Saturday night. Mark then played golf with some of his friends
on Sunday morning which was great.
I got to see Lou, Cormac and Niamh on the Saturday which was
really awesome. I am constantly amazed at just how fast babies grow into
toddlers. Niamh is an absolute doll and she is so
happy and smiley. I just want to cuddle her all the time.
On Sunday while Mark was golfing I went to see another
friend and have cuddles with her gorgeous “petting zoo” of two cats, 3 dogs and
a rabbit. We had a fabulous catch up and snacked on beautiful fresh fruit. I
had loads of cuddles with her dogs and cats.
The ironic thing is, is that most of my friends in
Wellington are people I have met and formed friendships with via Twitter.
P.S. the Nada Bakery in Johnsonville is the best place EVER!
We find that when we travel back home to Sydney, we are dragged all over the show trying to visit all of the different friends and family. At least Wellington is closer and cheaper so that you can visit more frequently :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's crazy really. Mark's baby sister lives in Melbourne I know he wants to see her more...even if it's just for a weekend.
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