Nelson, NZ

Our next stop on the whirlwind New Zealand tour was Nelson.  This would be our home base for Monday's exploration of Abel Tasman National Park by kayak.

Sunday though was an exhilarating day of laundry.  Actually, the mellow day was a nice rest from the go-go-go days we have been having.

Since we hadn't done much exercise that day we decided to walk to our dinner restaurant along the shoreline.

A scene from our walk that evening (no, this isn't California):

This isn't a sign you see every day:

This was the view from our Harbour Lights Bistro looking out over the bay.  The building hanging out over the water is the Boat Shed restaurant where we would eat the following night.  Superb seafood at both places and, of course, excellent white wines to go with it.