Bye Bye, LJ

Made avocado and eggs for breakfast (didn't have enough time for toast). A quick stop to see some seals, I got some good pictures. We stopped at Picton to drop LJ and Bernie off, and pick up a new driver (a guy named Jamie) and a bunch more people. After the bus filled up, we continued to Nelson. A quick stop on the way to do some wine tasting (yay... I get to feel left out...), but I did buy some delicious desserts, chocolate cake thing and some banoffee pie (both, but especially the banoffee, were soooooo good). Right by/in Nelson is the exact center of New Zealand, I walked up the hill to it and took some pictures.

They had Talisker in the bar at the hotel/hostel we were staying at! I tried to find someone that wanted a glass of it, but no takers. It was kind of expensive too, NZ$10.50 or so.

There was a big hullabaloo about the "backpackers" dinner, bangers and mash. A bunch of people got 3 sausages, but my friends only got 2, and theirs were cold. One of them complained, and it took forever for the kitchen to get it right. I had to get the veggie option, spaghetti with marinara. It was too watery. On the upside, I bought some delicious garlic bread and potato wedges. On the downside, even after giving a lot of them away, I still ate waaaay too much...