Wednesday 13May09, Blenheim

Today we got up bright and early and headed to the Makana Chocolate factory, that took about 5 mins, not exactly what we were expecting..if you are ever in Blenhiem, pass on the chocolate factory. So from there we cruised around and checked out where all the vineyards were and found a good place for lunch. We spent the afternoon visiting the vineyards of Marlborough country, it was a good time, we pretty much had most of the tasting cellars to ourselves and I had to restrain myself because they encourage you to taste all their wines which could easily get to your head. June and Emily had a good time. Drinking age in NZ is 18 and only one place even asked Emily for ID and when she said she was with her parents they didn’t even want to see it. A bit different than the states. We are now in a hotel in Blenhiem and are booked on the 10:05 ferry from Picton to Wellington tomorrow, from there we will make our way north to be sure we are in position to make our Saturday afternoon flight out of Auckland.