NZ Honeymoon: Nelson

We sadly said adieu to our little cottage on the ocean and drove the two and a half hour drive back to the city of Nelson. We had some time to kill before we had to be at the airport, so we took the opportunity to explore this city a bit.

This was a church in the middle of the town square. The cement steps were beautiful! I just love old churches. They feel so majestic and are usually beautiful. I always wonder if the the church is a Holy Spirit-breathing church or not. Hope so :)

For any of you Lord of the Rings fans out there, this pic is for you. As you know (if you're a true fan anyway) LOTR was filmed in NZ. Peter Jackson has a home in Wellington and he pretty much used majority local artisans for everything from props to wardrobe, etc. Jens Hansen is a renowned local jeweler in NZ who was commissioned by Mr. Jackson to create all of the rings used in the movie. Here we are holding the actual ring that they used for the movie posters and promo shots for all of the movies! They made three different sizes for the movies, since the ring is used in different capacities-i.e. in the giant's hand (medium size ring), on Frodo (small, regular size ring) and this large one that was for wide angle shots and posters.

 Just another tidbit about our time in New Zealand...the Rugby World Cup had literally just ended when we arrived and rugby fever was everywhere. It was especially prominent in the country because they not only hosted the event, they won too! Rugby pride and gear was everywhere.

 Saw this church and thought of my kiddos back home :)

Grammar difference alert: instead of saying "to-go" when referring to eating takeout or taking coffee or such, New Zealanders say they'll have it for "takeaway." In the beginning of our trip this was quite confusing, but once we were here in Nelson, we sounded like locals with our "two mochas (or americanos) for takeaway please" order. And yes, we repeated this order many, many times over the course of our trip ;)

We're off to our final destination next-Queenstown! Stick around to find out what we did and why we decided that it was the best city in New Zealand. Intrigued? Hope so :)

It's all about the bungy baby,

Mrs. S