On Monday, Dan took the car to Auckland to take Josh to the airport to fly out. We had him drop us off in Paeroa (read: Pie-row-a) on his way.
We wandered the town. After leaving my tiny town of about 3,000, seeing how alive Paeroa is at 4,000 people had me amazed. I had to take a picture of how lively the little downtown street was.
Paeroa is home to the NZ famous L&P soda (Lemon and Paeroa). In American terms, it’s kind of like lemonade meets soda, not like sprite or 7up.
Look who’s inside that L&P bottle.
Palm trees and a park. I want to live somewhere that palm trees can grow in my neighborhood park!
L&P sign on the side of a building.
If I ever own a used bookstore, I think I’d like to label them pre-loved instead of used.
For lunch we went to a café with a million different delicious looking choices . . . I wanted to try every single dessert.
I sat with Dolly and Gene – a very fun pair.
Look at how big this cake is! I didn’t try it, but this is where I first discovered slice, my new favorite dessert, but I forgot to take a picture of my own dessert.
After lunch, we continued our wander through town. We ended up in the shop of a guy who spins wood, like a potter spins clay. It was really cool to watch him work.
He uses some sort of vacuum system to attach the bowl (or what he’s spinning) to the “wheel.” And then he goes to work.
Watch out for stray wood chips!
It’s the Nikown! Like Nikon and Cow had a baby, Nikown!
Even McDonalds has a NZ theme!
Doesn’t Paeroa have a cute post office? We went in and they had all their postcards on sale – a dangerous thing for me!
Positive Paeroa Office.
Since it was fall in NZ, they had my new (since coming to Japan) favorite fall fruit – Persimmons! Of course, I had to get one.
We ended our day around town with a ride in a taxi back to the B&B. We got a surprise and our taxi driver used to live just down the road from where the B&B is located. We thought she had missed the turn for our B&B, but it turned out she was showing us where she lived.
After our day in town, we decided to play a game of Scrabble. After all the Words With Friends I’ve been playing with mom and my uncle, it turns out I’m better than I expect at Scrabble these days – I somehow managed to win!
We wandered the town. After leaving my tiny town of about 3,000, seeing how alive Paeroa is at 4,000 people had me amazed. I had to take a picture of how lively the little downtown street was.
Paeroa is home to the NZ famous L&P soda (Lemon and Paeroa). In American terms, it’s kind of like lemonade meets soda, not like sprite or 7up.
Look who’s inside that L&P bottle.
Palm trees and a park. I want to live somewhere that palm trees can grow in my neighborhood park!
L&P sign on the side of a building.
If I ever own a used bookstore, I think I’d like to label them pre-loved instead of used.
For lunch we went to a café with a million different delicious looking choices . . . I wanted to try every single dessert.
I sat with Dolly and Gene – a very fun pair.
Look at how big this cake is! I didn’t try it, but this is where I first discovered slice, my new favorite dessert, but I forgot to take a picture of my own dessert.
After lunch, we continued our wander through town. We ended up in the shop of a guy who spins wood, like a potter spins clay. It was really cool to watch him work.
He uses some sort of vacuum system to attach the bowl (or what he’s spinning) to the “wheel.” And then he goes to work.
Watch out for stray wood chips!
It’s the Nikown! Like Nikon and Cow had a baby, Nikown!
Even McDonalds has a NZ theme!
Doesn’t Paeroa have a cute post office? We went in and they had all their postcards on sale – a dangerous thing for me!
Positive Paeroa Office.
Since it was fall in NZ, they had my new (since coming to Japan) favorite fall fruit – Persimmons! Of course, I had to get one.
We ended our day around town with a ride in a taxi back to the B&B. We got a surprise and our taxi driver used to live just down the road from where the B&B is located. We thought she had missed the turn for our B&B, but it turned out she was showing us where she lived.
After our day in town, we decided to play a game of Scrabble. After all the Words With Friends I’ve been playing with mom and my uncle, it turns out I’m better than I expect at Scrabble these days – I somehow managed to win!
