So as much as I love the intimacy in staying in a bed and breakfast farm…and it’s certainly beautiful and away from the touristy vibe of the town…staying with an older couple who are more of the ‘children should be seen not heard’ variety..makes it tough when you have 2 kids who are jet lagged and want attention.
We did the farm tour in the morning but I only took Leo along since we were informed that other people from a nearby cruise ship were spending a lot of $$ on this tour and they were concerned about children interrupting the speech. Truthfully Stella would have been bored to tears (it was super interesting for me though to hear about the history of Akaroa and farming…and Leo was quiet and somewhat interested). The sheep shearing part was only 2 minutes but was awesome, followed by shepherding dogs who shepherded at least 30 sheep up and down a mountain – super impressive! (Stella played on a wooden swing from a tree and climbed said mountain with Adam.
After the farm tour, Stella and I walked the mountains…and then afternoon was more ‘child’ friendly with a boat tour where we saw a ton of Hector dolphins (the smallest and most unique dolphins in the world) as well as seals and penguins. Just being on the water and riding along the coast (it actually looked a LOT like Mallorca) was refreshing and relaxing.
And now we are all going to sleep at 8pm once we realized that the kids hit a wall of jet lag on day 2 and started an epic battle in the car as Adam wound his way around the mountain (in the wrong direction cuz of me). Tomorrow – a 5 hr journey into what I am told is snow capped mountains, 0 degrees and full snow! (for perspective, today was 18 degrees and sunny).
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