Raglan

As you will all know Mark and I went to Raglan for the weekend. Despite whats published on face book it wasn't a romantic weekend away. We went down on Friday afternoon, getting stuck in traffic on the way out of Auckland. After Mark being excited about going on our first road trip, he then promptly fell asleep and snored for most of the trip. we arrived about 7pm and had a drive around the little town before going out to the accommodation. Amy had suggested an Eco resort where you could either say in a Teepee's or train carriages. It was quite neat, the shared bathroom left a lot to be desired but overall pretty cool. after that we went for another drive into town to get plates and cups which we had forgotten to take, then we booked our surf lesson for Saturday morning and had a look at the beach and then the golf course.

Our Train Carriage

Saturday morning after finding out i had also left my toilet bag at home we went to get toothpaste before going to the beach for our lesson. The guy we had found is a top NZ competitive surfer. He was pretty good, Mark got up straight away and 10 Min's later was out where the guy had just said the big rip was. I took a little longer but after working out that I'm goofy footed, i got up too. It was very overcast and raining all morning but Mark and I managed to get very burnt.

After a few hours we were wasted, so got out and went for a round of golf. I had also left my sneakers at home so had to play in jandles. The course was awesome, the sun had come out by now and it was incredibly hot. The course was full of hills and sheep and what sheep leave behind....

Before...

After....

By Saturday night we were very burnt and tired. we went out for a lovely dinner, I had pork belly and Mark had a very original Cesar salad. Sunday morning we went into town had a coffee and looked at the few shops. Had a walk around then left for home stopping in Hamilton for lunch. We arrived home to a very disappointed Amy because her peaceful weekend was over!!