What we did: bus to Napier
Budget: NZ$150/$125; Spent: NZ$162/$136
• Woke up around 9am to pack up and check out
• We decided to treat ourselves to a restaurant for breakfast we had really enjoyed a couple days before, but that was quite expensive; really enjoyed our meal and chatted for a couple hours
• After this, we headed back to our hostel, we chatted with Jeff’s parents, then realized our bus was leaving sooner than we thought and ran out the door
• We arrived at the bus station about 5 minutes before the bus left, so that was a little stressful, especially since we got a little lost along the way
• Bus ride was 2 hours long and pretty uneventful; Patty was getting motion sickness so didn't enjoy the ride much; it was a beautiful drive to Napier, which is on the ocean on the eastern side of New Zealand's northern island.
• Once we arrived in Napier, it took us about 5 minutes to find out hostel; it’s a lovely little town that reminds us of Taupo
• When we got to our hostel, we lied down in bed and pretty much went to sleep; we have been so sleepy lately; I think we've both been fighting something off most of our time in New Zealand
• We woke up around 7pm and decided to go do some grocery shopping instead of going to a restaurant that would cost us an arm and a leg
• The walk to the local grocery store was about 10 minutes and we found everything we wanted there
• On the way home it was starting to rain a little, but we avoided the downpour that happened a little after we got back to our hostel
• We made ourselves some refried beans, quesadillas, corn on the cob, and ate an entire head of cauliflower; Patty also made some salsa; it was delicious, so nice to finally have a familiar, home-cooked meal!
• There is some kind of wine and beer festival going on right now in Napier so we picked ourselves up a NZ$6 bottle of white wine and drank it after dinner; it was not bad
• We chatted until pretty late
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