Babymoon 2012

When Bradley & Shamini found out they weren't able to extend their tickets in Auckland, Cameron & I decided it would be a good idea to go away for a few days. So we booked a two night stay at a little Motel in Tauranga for our babymoon, the last time we can get away, just the two of us.

Wednesday afternoon, just after lunch, we packed the car and headed down south to the beautiful Bay of Plenty. The weather in Auckland was miserable so we were really hoping to get some sun and summer weather down in Tauranga. But all 2 hours & 45 mins in the car the clouds kept rolling in and the rain kept pelting down. We weren't very impressed when we got to Tauranga and the rain didn't let up. Once we checked into our room we thought we'd take a drive into the city just to get a feel for it, so we drove in Tuaranga city centre but the streets were almost deserted. A far cry from busy Auckland! Along Tauranga's waterfront we did see a bit more hustle & bustle in and around the many pubs & restaurants. We then headed back to the motel and relaxed in our room for a bit before heading out to dinner.

We ended the night early due to the rain that would not let up and thought we could get an early start the next day and go exploring. The next day wasn't too bad, it didn't rain but was still overcast. Cameron woke up with horrible flu symptoms and wasn't in the mood to do anything except sleep but because it was our holiday tried his best to get out and have some fun. We drove down to Mount Maunganui, the best beach holiday destination in NZ. The place was buzzing with surfers, swimmers and shoppers. I wanted to go up the Mount but Cameron was rather worried that I wouldn't be able to make the trek up the 200 odd meters of extinct volcano. He was right so I reluncantly gave in. We then headed to Bayfair Shopping mall for some lunch and some retail therapy. After that we just explored the area and took in some sights, we then headed back to Tauranga and went to play some mini golf (I won't brag about how I beat Cameron by 12 points, 3 over par, not bad for a pregnant lady!) before heading back to the motel. We thought we'd get into the pool and just relax but when we got back to the motel the pool was packed with all the guests so we just relaxed in the room before getting ready to go ut for dinner. We were both exhausted and Cameron was still not feeling great but we headed out nonetheless but got back to the hotel straight after dinner and had an early night.

The next morning we checked out early, stopped for some breakfast and headed back to Auckland. And you know what, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER'S DAY!!! And when we got back to Auckland it did nothing but rain!!! I guess we can't escape from it.

Again, I'm sorry, no pictures. We were both pretty miserable and weren't in the mood to take pics of each other and because it rained most of the time if we weren't indoors we were in the car... no KODAK moments for us for the past few days I'm afraid.

We ended our leave by just relaxing at home, watching movies and enjoying each other's company. Sunday we headed to church (decided to go back to Life Central instead of Life West cos we just feel so much more at home there). The pastor from Life South spoke on God's Favour for 2012, I am so glad we went because I know that God's favour is upon us for 2012 and it's going to be an awesome year for us!!!