We are spending a week here in Nelson, New Zealand and are thrilled that this is one of our longest stays. Nelson suits us well. Beautiful weather, low key, lots of nice restaurants downtown, parks, bike paths, and hiking trails outside our door. Sound familiar?
Here are a few photos of Nelson:
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We have been hiking most every day and when we mention this to the locals they all say that the weather is too hot to be hiking. Here is our weather for the week. We wonder what they would do if it ever hit 90 degrees!
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The summit of a close hiking trail is the "center of New Zealand". About a 30 minute steep hike up to a 360 degree lookout which happens to be the geographical center of NZ.
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| Centre of New Zealand |
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| Allison hurt her shoulder and has been wearing a sling - but that hasn't slowed her down! |
Cricket practice in the park. Cameron has been doing a paper on cricket and doing his best to explain the rules. We're hoping to catch a match in Australia next month.
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| Trying out some new park rides |
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| The kids love these exercise stations |
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| Miazyu Japanese Garden - built with Nelson's sister city in Japan. |
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| Our home in Nelson - Annie's on Milton - another Airbnb. |
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| Annie's |
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| Studious. Definitely not watching Netflix. |
Why does all of this seem so familiar?
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| Nelson farmer's market. |
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| Famous apple cake. It was delish. |
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Check out this sign on the hiking trail. And we thought our city council is tough on dogs. And yes, the Nelson city council posted this sign. I'm glad we didn't bring Otis!
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ReplyDeleteI was hoping that Nelson had been named for Willie(my favorite Nelson), but the internet disagreed.....although I hate being wrong, the Admiral had a remarkable life
Nelson was named in honour of the Admiral Horatio Nelson who defeated both the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson
How do they measure " worrying" the sheep?
ReplyDeleteI hope you guys didn't hike on Thursday... it got up to 75! 😰
Little salads shoulder 🙁
Are the neck stretches helping at all?
Random association
ReplyDeleteThis oscar winner was on TCM today
That Hamilton Woman
A drunken crone (played by Vivien Leigh), jailed on charges of theft and assault, begins to tell the story of her life to a cellmate, and the tale of THAT HAMILTON WOMAN unfolds in flashback. In 1786, young Emma Hart (Leigh) arrives at the court of Naples, expecting to wed the British
ambassador's nephew. He proves a rascal, but Emma's joie de vivre soon attracts the ambassador himself, Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), and she eventually becomes his bride. Seven years later, British naval hero Lord Nelson (Laurence Olivier) arrives in Naples, seeking the king's aid in the
war against Napoleon, and the rest, as they say, is history--or at least producer-director Alexander Korda's version of such. The film traces the growth in Naples of Emma and Nelson's love (to which her husband turns a blind eye, though tongues wag back home) and their return to England, where the
lovers set up house, although Nelson's wife refuses to divorce him. The war goes badly, and Emma persuades Nelson to return to his command, leading to his mortal wounding in the victory at Trafalgar, which in turn begins her slide into despair. Despite the marquee pull of newlyweds Olivier and
Leigh (she fresh from GONE WITH THE WIND), THAT HAMILTON WOMAN was not the hit its makers hoped it would be--though it reportedly was Winston Churchill's favorite movie.
Nelson was a "mac daddy" in today's parlance
I am loving following all of your amazing adventures! Was Allison dancing and hurt her shoulder or something a little more eventful? Tell her the Saturday Night Safety Dance probably could have saved her : ) And get off those poor cows! Missing you guys tons! I'm very impressed with all the updates- keep them coming. And if you ever need a break from the kiddies (who are now as tall as you) I am just a plane ride away!
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