Off up to Palmerston North to see family for Christmas. It really is so lovely having family in New Zealand! We had a lovely flight up with good views out over the sounds (Maaike’s turn for the window seat next time ;)
Unfortunately that was pretty much where the good weather stopped until.. well… into the new year pretty much. We still managed to sneak in a few walks – and even a trip to the beach which cousin Thomas pretty much insisted on (as he lives in London, slightly further from beaches)
The indecent weather did mean there was lots of opportunity to play my latest favourite game ;) … The Settlers of Catan. It’s an extremely addictive and nicely balanced game (well, perhaps 5% more luck than I’d like, though obviously only when someone else is winning ;)
My Aunt Mary took Maaike and I to see one of the local highlights – this incredible house light up for Christmas. It must really annoy the neighbours as there were lots of cars there late at night (and more arriving as we left). Still.. definitely festive!
I totally forgot to take pictures of Hannah Al, Miriam, James and Brigit… my bad.. but there were all well – growing up fast.
So yes, a lovely trip, really great to see Thomas back in New Zealand again – definitely looking forward to the next time already :)
Dea
January 26, 2014 at 11:13 pm
Hey! Totally came across your website by random because I was googling ‘settlers of catan palmerston north’. I don’t have it but some of my friends out of Palmy have played it and said its real good! So if you uhhh say have an open invite game night of catan then.. I’d love to learn to play!!!!!!!!!! I realise this is a bit of an odd and random request but.. Yea.. Haha
Patrick
January 27, 2014 at 7:57 am
You’re right! that is an odd and random request! :) Unfortunately I don’t live in Palmy… I live in Christchurch… I do hope you can find someone else to give you an introduction to the game. Have you checked out meetup.com ? There may well be a board games group in Palmy?