Things to do in Nelson

Yesterday was beautiful here in Nelson and since it was a Saturday I wanted to go into town to the weekly Saturday markets. I am always very impressed with the products one can buy there and there is always lots of yummy looking food, like bread, cheeses, jams, honey to name some of things. Yesterday was a bit of a disappointment as there were not so many store holders there as last time and we only bought some vegetables. 

After the market we went to the river with Sam. The Maitai river runs through Nelson and has a really beautiful leafy walkway beside it. Sam did his sniffing, stick bashing, grass munching and had a swim. The river was a bit high due to the rain overnight but when it is calm he likes to jump in and float down the river! 

After our walk I was having a "low blood sugar level" moment so we went to the Suter Art Gallery's cafe. They have extremely yummy food and coffee there and lovely outlook to a beautiful botanical gardens. I was in heaven! I had an urge to take a photo of my lemon tart I was having, but realised my camera was at home. 

When DH gets here it will be nice to take him to those places, even though it might be a bit cooler.

He also wants to go to this boutique organic brewery: Founders.

I'm sure we will need to go to a winery or two, depending on when Maru chan decides to make an entrance to the world.

Speaking of Maru chan. All is well at the moment. I had a tour of the hospital the other day which has a very new maternity area. It's quite compact but looks very comfortable and has everything someone in my position should need. Maru has been running out of room recently and the kicking gets quite violent and I wonder if the baby might just burst out of my stomach at times! 

Yesterday was a big day for me (lots of walking and outside activities) but I managed not to take a nap and was really tired when I went to bed. So tired in fact I barely remember the huge thunder storm we had last night that kept my mum and Sam (who is terrified of thunder) awake. 

I have been looking at the news in Japan on the internet. Am not heartened by any of the news from the power plant in Fukushima. They are saying one of the reactors "may" have had a meltdown, and 2 others might suffer the same fate. Argh. Then there are the thousands and thousands of people still living in public shelters, more than 2 months after the quake. It really is atrocious. Thankfully now in NZ I have to go looking for news about Japan so I can avoid stressing myself out about this most of the time, especially since there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.