Almost home

Nelson is a sweet as city, bro. The night after finishing the Abel Tasman track, we stayed with Sara (Carver)'s Kiwi host, Olivia, in Nelson. Nelson is a small city by my standards and a huge city by South Island standards. It's right on the coast facing the North Island. And Olivia's house, which was beautiful in its own right, sat on a hill overlooking the ocean and mountains beyond. 

Basically, it was really nice be in an actual house, not a hostel or flat. A clean, complete house. And Olivia had a cat, which really made me happy. Although Spike didn't like his belly being rubbed, which made me sad because as you may well know, the belly fur is the best fur. Anyway, Olivia and her mom made us an excellent dinner. There were two lasagnas, a meat one and a vegetarian one. Interestingly, I favoured the vegetarian one. 

Side note: I eat beans now. They are a good source of protein and I'm too cheap to buy meat. I'd rather by coffee and beer (not at the same time, of course) than meat. So there you have it, I'm mostly vegetarian. 

Anyway, it was so nice to sit on a nice couch and watch a movie and relax. I love homes. So much. And home cooked meals. By the way, we watched The Boat that Rocked, and it was amazing. Watch it. Tonight. 

The next morning we went out to breakfast, which was most excellent since breakfast is my favorite meal to go out for. What is better than having breakfast made for you? It's such a treat. 

Anyway, then we walked around downtown for a while before heading to Franz Joseph for our glacier hike. It was a quick six hour drive. Sweet. I'm getting better at weathering road trips. I don't get as grumpy at the end now. 

Anyway, I guess you know what's coming next... the big glacier hike!!!