Only in New Zealand (part 12)

Sometimes life just doesn't go how we plan...but there is always something to laugh at! This last weekend I spent the weekend with Andy and Sally and Georgia and Mac. Are plan was to go away for the weekend to this great little vacation spot, but the weather was another "Weather Bomb" watch....so we decided to "go away" at their house. We pretended like we were away, but really stayed at home all weekend. On Saturday we took a little road trip on Saturday which was FULL of laughter.

I saw lots of fun places in NZ....some weird, some sketchy and some just plain funny! Most of the time I just kept thinking...Only in NZ.... We started at going to the Cheese Factory about an hour away. We hoped in the car excited for our unknown adventure. We played car games all the way there and we were ready for our Cheese Tour! (Stac I know you would have been all about it...hehehe)



Full of excitement we walk in and notice the machines aren't going--the cafe is but no machines. Apparently the cheese makers need a break....who would have thought! No tours on Saturdays! So in stead we did a little cheese tasting. Here is me and Mac showing you how it went :)










Then we had a little coffee and hit the road, not fully sure where we were going. We traveled through some tiny towns that Sally hadn't even gone through before. And decided on Candy Land! Who wouldn't want to go to a candy factory. Now I grew up going to the Hershey Factory all the times so I was quite excited. We drove up and I thought...uh oh... It looked a bit old and sketchy. But we did get to make our own suckers which was cool!!! The big sucker me Georgia and Mac are in front of was actually the size of a sucker they made in the 90's to win a world record...crazy, huh?!

We drove back through some more towns and finally found a cafe open for lunch after going to 3 different ones! There was a little bit of a low blood sugar melt down, but was quikcly sorted after a yummy toasted sandwhich!!

After traveling back home we watched a movie, watched the All Blacks crush the Australians and went to bed happy! We spent Sunday shopping and watching a movie and I went home Sunday night refreshed and so thankful for my friends Andy and Sally!!