Napier with Friends

So we went to Napier with Marketa and Stan ( our Czech friends).  We traveled  the city for a bit before going and laying on the pebble beach and burying Marketa in hot pebbles cause she was cold and watching Bryan run into the ocean and lose his 2nd pair of sunglasses and search for them. Its always a nice time here in Napier.

Driving into Napier on Marine Parade

A cool House that Bryan liked ( reminded him of the cat & dog show)

Bryan at the port of Napier

The Napier port

Stan and Marketa

The old Napier prison that they have made into a hotel..you can sleep on the old cell bunks for about $100 a night

The Prison

The garden that the prisoners used to have to work at

Bryan and Marketa infront of the waterfall

I wanted to climb to the waterfall so we did

They were cold

Just gorgeous

He loves to cuddle

Napier

Some cool old buildings

Odd motorcycle

Bryan jumping in the water

Bryan now searching for his sunglasses

And now hes out

She is always cold so we decided we were going to bury her in hot stones

Almost there

All done

One of the fountains here

And another

A beautiful garden that sits at the edge of the ocean

Too Funny

Kiwis

Huge on roller derby out here

The theater

Napier beach

Just like his mom basking in the sun

Napier beach is all small pebbles

Feeling the water

Enjoying life

Always throwing stones

Our Home ( for now)

where we live and some of the people we have encountered while we have been staying at the Eco Lodge. Many people here are French and German. But we have met alot of wonderful people, some of good friends are Czech. So enjoy the pictures

The Lodge that everyone hangs out at

John the main owner

The dining room and food storage area

Our kitchen we cook in

The main back area where laundry and BBQ is done

What most of the land here at the lodge looks like

Amazing sunsets here

Challenged the owner to pull-ups on a pull up bar we put up..

Bryan about to start his rounds

The boys BBQ dinner ( first time Stan and Marketa had homemade hamburgers)

Stan was getting his head shaved till it broke

Bryan being the barber

That is never a good sign to be distracted while shaving someones head

Bryan starting on his

Stan wanted to do Bryans head

And this is what we got as a end result from Stan

Bryan now playing with fire...never a good thing

Bryan and Stan welding

Our dinner

Our Cabin we live in

Kutchka the cat

The garden we take care of ( here is  cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes)

here is lettuce and some fruit

Beans and pumpkins

Our green house ( tomatoes, pumpkins and strawberries)

lettuce and pumpkins

And the rest of the yard

I love these flowers

Oh we also have grapes and asparagus

Amber saved another bird from the cats mouth

Toby the dog always comes to hang out at our place

Bryan being Bryan

Out here all toilets have 2 buttons ( small for a light flush like pee and the big one for a large flush) weird

Stan and Marketa about to go 4 wheel driving with us for the first time

The cat laying on Stans car

Mitch ( french) about to go to the Hash House Harriers ( which is a walk/run to different bars across towns for a free beer) look it up

And they all are weird

Love the sunsets

The entrance to the property

This place is a home away from home and we enjoy being here and meeting new people all the time.