Day 6 – Waiheke Island

Today is our 40th Wedding Anniversary (at least in New Zealand. 😉)  This is the newspaper announcement my parents put in the Potsdam newspaper. (Yes - I saved it in a little tin box that has travelled around the world for 40 years.)

Today was another fantastic day.  We caught the 9 AM ferry to Waiheke Island for a winery tour.  We took an earlier ferry than we had planned, so walked around a bit while waiting for the tour pick-up.




A small disappointment was that I thought I had booked a private tour, but it was actually a tour with 16 other people.  I didn’t want to make a big deal about it, as we only have this one day left here, so we went with the flow.  The other people were mostly friendly and we enjoyed talking to them.  Could have done without the snooty guy who commented as he was getting to his seat on the shuttle, “This must be what it’s like to fly coach.”  There was one couple from Toronto that we really liked.  The wife was like my twin – preferred white wine, no spicy food, and meat well-done.  😂

The first winery we stopped at had the most gorgeous views.




The second one looked like a cool hangout spot.

And the third actually had the tastings with descriptions all set up for us.



My favorite was the Summer Aphrodisiac, which had a wild label. (You have to zoom in and read the words.)


Then we went to lunch (yes, finally food after 14 tastings of wine!)  It was delicious and we had quite lovely discussions about places visited, TV shows we liked, and not one mention of politics.  (We’ve had a few conversations because apparently the entire world is fascinated with the US shit show going on right now, so I was very happy to have a relaxing lunch without that.)

After lunch we got to take a walk on the beach.  Really nice!




Then back to the ferry and back to the hotel.  Now it’s time to pack up and get ready for our trip to Fiji tomorrow.  (Our plan was to just lounge on the beach in Fiji, but the forecast looks dreadful, so we’ll just play it by ear.)

(Posted Feb 2, 7:05PM)



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  1. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM

    Happy anniversary! Love the newspaper clipping. You guys were so young!

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