Kristin Laura

Started the day in Kaikoura with a quick stop at the local patchwork shop.   A Patch of Country is a cute little house packed with quilting fabric and supplies, yarn and knitting patterns and handmade children's clothing.  I was picking through the New Zealand designed fat quarters, then decided what the heck and bought the full Kiwiana kit with all the fabrics. I got the green and black kit The road to Christchurch was filled with more beautiful beaches and countryside, but you're probably getting tired of hearing how beautiful it is here, so here are some fun photos of a semi driving through a little tiny one-lane tunnel. And one more cute church because they're everywhere  We arrived in Christchurch too late for lunch and too early for dinner, but we stumbled upon Pedro's House of Lamb Takeaway.  They weren't officially open, but were nice enough to put a meal together for us.  Pedro's is a trailer in a liquor st...

If only every morning could start with a walk on the beach.  And I must admit it was a well deserved walk on the beach because the night before we had the great cicada battle.  We managed to let a couple dozen into our quaint beach house and spent an hour hunting them down one-by-one and smashing them with the New Zealand equivalent of People magazine.  We prevailed and were able to go to bed sans bugs. We did a lot of driving today starting by heading north to 90-mile beach.  It was a nice sunny day and we had a good view of the long sandy stretch of beach. Being Sunday and driving through very small towns, there was not a lot of action or selection of eateries but we did find a cute cafe.  Guess what is was called?  No dear readers, it was not the Waterfront Cafe.  It was the Waterline Cafe.  I had a BLAT (bacon. lettuce, avocado and tomato) sandwich.  As you can see from the photo, they don't mess around with their bacon. ...