Andrea woke up early to head into her Monday morning meeting. Andrea came home and woke me up to have some breakfast. After breakfast we did some work on the computer and got a package ready to send home. After lunch Andrea headed to work and I went down to the post shop to send the package, then to the movie store to return some movies and close our account and the grocery store to get a few items. On the way home I stopped by Hislops Cafe to get a coffee then went and chilled on the couch. Andrea worked till 9:03 pm then she was done, done, done. No more working for her. She came home and we celebrated her last day and watched a movie.
Day 144,
Today we did two things in Kaikoura we have been meaning to do for a long time. So, after a little breakfast, some computer work, cleaning and a chat with our friend Fran we headed down to town. On the way we stopped by the Kaikoura Museum (1st thing). We pass by the museum every time we go into town and have been talking about stopping for a long time now.
There is not a lot in the museum, but we did find out the meaning of Kaikoura (actually we already knew that)...
And we got a picture with one of the old timers...
After exploring the museum for at least half an hour we headed down to the fish store. At the fish store we picked up dinner (more on this later). Next we went over to the internet cafe to upload some pictures and then to a shop to get a couple of gifts. We headed home to relax before making our dinner of this...
New Zealand green lippped mussels and this...
crayfish (rock lobster). This is the second thing we have been meaning to do; eat crayfish in the "crayfish food" town. We cooked up our seafood and enjoyed every bite. After pigging out on the awesome food we relaxed, watched a movie and took a bath.
Day 145, Last day in Kaikoura!
We slept in a little this morning before a nice breakfast and some laundry! Fran came by to pick us up to head out to the local Irish restaurant/hotel.
We had a great lunch at the Donegal House and walked around their grounds a little before heading back into town. We stopped and had a coffee and cake on way back home from lunch. It was great to hang out with Fran for a little while.
Back at home we did some cleaning, packing and organizing in order to get ready for our last two crazy weeks in New Zealand. Later in the evening we met up with Cally to go check out her new place and then headed over to Dusky Lodge to get some pizza and hang out with some good friends. After pizza, a few beers and some good conversation we headed down to the local pub to meet some more friends and have another beer. It was great to see everyone and sad to say goodbye to our new friends. We will miss our friends and this neat little town, but are excited to get moving again.
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