The city is built around a nice harbour. Its also known as Windy Wellie and the night we stopped over there was a gale blowing. But as you can see from the pictures the afternoon was not too bad!
One of the must do touristy sights involves taking this cable car to the summit of a hill that gives nice views over the city from the botanical gardens.
I really need to buy a new shirt !
An important stop was the town of Blenheim which is the centre of the Marlborough wine district. Great Sauvignon Blanc. We did a tour of 7 wineries - was really good. In fact it seemed to get better as the day went on.
As Lorraine can vouch, if you are a serious wine buff it is important when on these tours to actually sit down and have a chat with some of the wine makers.
So, here are some nice views of the vineyards. Its pretty quiet out there. But Blenheim itself rocks(NOT). Yes we are being ironic here. We don´t want to be mean here like one of those guide books but we are sorry, Blenheim deserves a kick in the **s. The second night in Blenheim we ventured out of the hotel at 8PM. Every restaurant was either closed or closing - at 8.30 we managed to scrounge a bite in a small place. We were the last customers for the night.Oh, and in case you were wondering - it was Saturday night!
Great wine though!
That's all for now. Party on.
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