A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
In contrast to last Saturday’s gorgeous sunshine, today is overcast and windy. In fact, there has been pretty awful weather most of the week, with some gale force winds forcing flight cancellations and Civil Defence warnings about flooding in parts of South Canterbury in the South Island.
The days around Christmas and New Year are, if you are on holiday like we are, a chance to go those places that at weekends get forgotten in the piles of ironing, grocery shopping and laundry.
I hope you have all had an excellent Christmas. We did, spending time with friends, eating a lot, having a long Skype chat to family in the US and generally pottering about reading, doing puzzles and forgetting what day it is. I do, however, know it is Saturday, so here I am for the last Six on Saturday for 2018.
Sunday saw us head down to the annual Thorndon Fair, held the first Sunday of December, just in time for … More
It’s December, and officially summer here, and to celebrate this fact, we, and many others, attended the second Beer at … More
So here we are at the end of the year, with a final round up of a month’s media consumption … More
We put up the Christmas tree on Wednesday, pulling out old favourite decorations like the French little drummer boy I … More
Thistles and Kiwis 