Wellington 1st-2nd April 2006
The first weekend in April, we headed to Wellington to go to the Crusaders V Hurricanes Super 14 rugby match. For those of you who are unaware, the Super 14 is much like the Heineken Cup, with teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa taking part. The Crusaders are the local team here in Christchurch and the Hurricanes are based in Wellington. At the time of the match we went to, both teams were unbeaten in the competition, however, that record didn't last much longer for the Hurricanes. But as well as going to the rugby, it was a great chance to catch up with some people, and to meet some new people. Andrew and I flew from Christchurch on the Saturday morning and his sister Katherine, along with her little girl, Lara, picked us up from the airport and brought us to their house for breakfast (at the time of booking our flights, 7:15am departure from Christchurch seemed like a good idea). This is the view from Katherine and John's front porch... impressive isn't it..?
After that, we headed into town to meet up with everyone. Two friends of Andrew's from uni, Paul and Julius, along with Julius' girlfriend, Henrietta, came to Wellington for the rugby, so we met with them. As well as that, we had to meet up with Gen and Trish and Paul came from Hamilton, so there was a big crowd of us going to the rugby. After the match, Gen bought us to her local Welsh Bar (the only one in the Southern Hemisphere... or at least that's what they claim). By this stage, we were pretty tired, as you can see from my almost sleeping position on the couch.
On the Sunday, Trish, Paul and I went to Gen's house to watch the replay of the Munster V Perpignan game. We knew the final score beforehand though (thanks to Molly for the text alerts!), but that didn't stop Paul from trying to take bets on whether Perpignan would make a kick or not when they had already reached what we knew to be their points total for the match.
Before heading back to Christchurch, we had to take a few pictures of Lara for Andrew and Katherin's Mum... so we did our duty and took about twenty, here's just one :)
For more pictures of the Wellington trip... have a look at Trish's Bebo blog thing... the link is on the right hand side of this page
After that, we headed into town to meet up with everyone. Two friends of Andrew's from uni, Paul and Julius, along with Julius' girlfriend, Henrietta, came to Wellington for the rugby, so we met with them. As well as that, we had to meet up with Gen and Trish and Paul came from Hamilton, so there was a big crowd of us going to the rugby. After the match, Gen bought us to her local Welsh Bar (the only one in the Southern Hemisphere... or at least that's what they claim). By this stage, we were pretty tired, as you can see from my almost sleeping position on the couch.
On the Sunday, Trish, Paul and I went to Gen's house to watch the replay of the Munster V Perpignan game. We knew the final score beforehand though (thanks to Molly for the text alerts!), but that didn't stop Paul from trying to take bets on whether Perpignan would make a kick or not when they had already reached what we knew to be their points total for the match.Before heading back to Christchurch, we had to take a few pictures of Lara for Andrew and Katherin's Mum... so we did our duty and took about twenty, here's just one :)
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