Wellington

Sunday, 4th November

Well here we are, sitting in line at the Bluebridge ferry terminal, waiting to board for our trip to Picton. As we are members of the NZMCA the one way fare for the bus and the two of us was $189 instead of about $360 - a huge discount.
I've worked on the weather and the wind has died down from gales to a gentle breeze with a mixture of sun and cloud so it should be a nice crossing. Here we come South Island!
I have really enjoyed the last 2-3 days catching up with classmates, boarders and daygirls from 50 years ago - that's half a century! So much chatter and noise, even at the Chapel Service. The dinner and the lovely lunch at Prues gave us lots of time to all reminisce even though I'm feeling a little muddled at times about who said what! Len was even able to pop up for a coffee and sweet treats at Prues, after lunch, so he was able to meet up again with Jan, Ann, Sally and other old girls whom he hadn't met before.
Caroline, and her neighbours, were very tolerant of us parking on the road verge outside her house for 2 nights. It was so special to meet Caroline's family and be very spoilt with a delicious vegetarian curry cooked by her son as well as our washing whipped away by Harriet, her other son's partner, and presented back all beautifully clean and folded - such treats and continuing wonderful hospitality.

After lunch yesterday we drove out to Pennys (my niece), Matts and Elliots house at Island Bay where we slept in a real level bed which felt a little strange at first as we are used to parking on the road camber with our heads a little higher.

We enjoyed their nice spacious home and their interaction with  Elliot who has just turned 2 - he is very cute and clever and so lucky to have such special parents.