November 20, Picton to Nelson

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We left Picton Thursday morning and headed south to Blenheim which is the winery capital of the Marlborough region. This region specializes in those other wines; the ones that aren’t red. We liked one winery so much we decided to buy it. Might as well get one with our name already on it. It reminds me of the kiwi who really wanted a personalized license plate. He couldn’t afford the cost, so instead he changed his name to CGH-422.

Remember what I mentioned before about all the New Zealand World Capitals?

We stopped at the Mussel Pot restaurant. I learned that all this time I’ve been eating mussels incorrectly. According to the sign in the restaurant, the proper way to eat mussels is:

1. Remove the first mussel from the shell with your fingers.

2. Use the mussel shell as tweezers to extract the mussels from the other shells as you eat them. No forks were allowed.

What is it with these fences?

…and these mailboxes?

Cynthia’s preferred navigation goggles. I’m not kidding; this is how she rides around in the car. Good thing we don’t know anybody here.