Tuesday and after a decent night's sleep,feeling refreshed , the tour manager and I were ready to take on the world. A quiet morning ensued whilst we chatted and caught up. Eventually we headed off into Gisborne and did a little shopping, Gisborne is a sprawling city on the east coast of the North Island which is attractive, as all cities are in parts.
We looked in Katmandhu for a puffa jacket for the tour manager but again she was unlucky, Katmandhu is rapidly becoming one of her least favourite shops. There are no high rise buildings in Gisborne and it feels in many ways very American, maybe all colonial cities have this feel?
The shops look pretty universal with several well known names as we continue into creating a global village.
After lunch we headed off to a beach some miles north of Gisborne where we sat and watched Andy fish. I have never seen the fascination with this particular hobby but he loves it and to be fair he caught two fish in his first two casts. The first was so small it was thrown back and the second was large enough for the cat's tea.
After a couple of hours in the beach we returned home for a family meal and a couple of bottles of wine. The sun had shone, the company was good and we had enjoyed our first full day in New Zealand.