This past weekend was Labor Day weekend in New Zealand. It also happened to be the RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL!!! But before that on Saturday, a few of us went on a lovely wine tour on the island Waiheke. In the morning, we went on a scenic drive (aka an hour in a cheap bus) around the island. The tour guide brought us to a nice market and got some Christmas presents here and there. The tour guide dropped us off at a beach on the island for an hour and picked us up with a new bus full of new friends... But really, there were a lot of couples who were not nearly as amused at our shananagins as we were.
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| Lara and her friends |
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| The group after the last winery, a bit disheveled |
Then SUNDAY was the RWC FINAL!! My friend from camp, Canice, flew up from Dunedin to stay for a few days and came to celebrate with us. We headed downtown to watch the game, ended up watching it on our feet, and then celebrated the 8-7 victory over France in classic Auckland night life style... It was
quite the experience. In the attempt to keep up my rep', I will spare the details and just say when we finally hit the sack at 4:30AM, we had the best night in Auckland thus far. Except that the cabby charged us an extra $10 just to get home because the city was sooo overcrowded. Still worth it, though.
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The mosh pit we started in the middle of the street
"ALL BLACKS ALL BLACKS" |
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| yay! Canice and I at the AB victory parade |
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