martinborough

Well it has been a fun weekend!!!

On Friday afternoon, me and 5 other girls went to Abby's house, one of our Kiwi flatmates houses in Martinborough. We took the train an hour north and her parents picked us up from the train station. The train ride was incredible...there is never a bad view in New Zealand and the train cuts through the mountains to go faster and one tunnel takes 15 minutes to get through.

Once we arrived, her parents showed us around their 3 acre farm. The farm itself is little and now they only have cats and chickens but they want more animals in the future. Most of their farm land is owned by the family behind them but their house is absolutely incredible! It was built in the 1800's and was a slave owner home so there is a separate area that has a shower bathroom and sleeping quarters. All of the ceilings are vault ceilings and have art deco designs on them. The doorways and window frames are all bordered with a new zealand wood that is just beautiful. There are 7 bedrooms and so many random rooms that it's hard to keep track of where you are in the house. The garden has a path and multiple bridges over the little creek that runs through it and they also have a tennis court that is fenced in and everything.

I am still blown away by what the house looked like and how easy going her parents were and how much food they gave us! We sat outside and ate in the garden at night after her parents had a new zealand style barbeque which consists of grilling chicken kabobs basically and sausages. We had potato salad and wine and garlic bread. It was fabulous!

We stayed overnight and Saturday morning we went to the Martinborough County Fair which had tons of vendors and food and stuff. I got a lot of touristy stuff and some really fun souvenirs which I can't wait to bring back and show everyone! I'll try and post some pictures later but once again we still don't have internet so it's hard to get pictures uploaded when I don't get more than ten minutes on my computer.

Who knows what this week will bring...I'll keep everyone updated!!