Another snoozy morning sleep in was followed by a quick breakfast and escape before Mum's exciting SDA bible group arrived for their regular Tuesday morning naughty revels. I shot down the mall to try to get a broadband modem for the netbook, but no go. Then on into Nelson for a leisurely day strolling Hardy, Trafalgar and Bridge Streets and enjoying all the sights and retail temptations thereof.
Nelson Cathedral, at the top end of Trafalgar Street
I bought some secret presents for the girls and Amanda, and enjoyed (REALLY enjoyed) a traditional NZ lunch at my favourite Rooftop Cafe. It was 4pm before I could tear myself away. From wandering, that is, not lunch. I drove back to Richmond to book our launch trip on Friday, and a quick pint at the Sprig and Fern with Wilf Harvey and Rex Strawbridge. Very nice, even including a lengthy discussions over pensions and superannuation systems. They invited me back on Thursday and/or Friday for another of their sessions. Then I went home with the Nelson Evening Mail, still a riveting read, and a bag of chippies, and read the paper before having a shave and a shower and taking Mum down to the Stables for dinner with Debbie and Colin. The meal was OK although the plate could have been hotter, but the Church Road Hawkes Bay cabernet merlot was very good. Nobody wanted dessert, I shouted the meal, and we came back to Mum's for coffee and tea, although not both at once. I stayed up quite late reading and playing on my netbook.
Mum outside The Stables
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