Karen's visit

Sadly, our friends Karen, Mark, Charlie and Courtney left yesterday, heading back to the UK (via a couple of days in Dubai). We had such a wonderful time while they were visiting. They were here for 12 days and these are the places we went:

























In between trips out there was also a bunch of this:

























They also headed out on their own day trips twice - to Sky Tower and Rotorua - while I caught up on things at home. It was the perfect visit with (thankfully) amazing weather and we made some wonderful memories.

 Some memories I want to remember:

• Watching An Idiot Abroad and eating lots of chocolate every evening
• "What's it called again? ............. Eton Mess!"
• The amazing day at Karioitahi
• The perfection that was our Kaiaua trip
• Karen's peas!
• How well the kids played together
• Karen screaming as she jumped out of the frame at Hunua Falls and then realised she had to land
• Mark's neon sunburn on his head
• Karen thinking she could wait a while before putting on sunscreen; being convinced by me to put it on right away ... and burning like mad anyway
• The delicious dessert platter Karen and I shared, mmmmmmm!