wine tour.

hokay.

more pictures from the road trip were promised. 

so here they are!

(i promise i'm not using this blog to avoid studying...)

post gypsy fair we remember why we were in napier in the first place

and that was for wine.

hawke's bay is new zealand's prime wine making location

and we were determined to get us some tastes.

so mike frost and i volunteered to be designated drivers

and we all piled into the cars and headed towards the vineyards.

frost and i putzed around while the rest of the crew nodded and made the appropriate interested looking faces while the wine makers droned on until they were poured samples to taste.

winery no. 1: 9 wines are sampled... the car ride starts to get interesting.

winery no. 2: we meet the world's nicest cat.

winery no. 3: frost and i stay outside and chow down on pb&j's. the first bottle is purchased.

winery no. 4: frost and i are making bets on how many bottles they will emerge with.

winery no. 5: pick up lines are bought out. and butchered.

winery no. 6: the lady starts handing out water, frost and i load everyone into cars and drive our sleeping passengers towards lake taupo and then to rotorua.

a successful and hilarious day ended in a hostel in rotorua where everyone rallied and we tried out the geothermal hot tub.