Ferry interesting

Day 10 Wellington to Nelson

The ferry over to the South Island was due to leave at 9am but check in closed at 7.45 so we arrived at the terminal at 7.15am. We could have arrived a little later but we prefer to have no stress and time up our sleeve for check ins.

The ferry trip was about three hours and we had treated ourselves to a lounge upgrade with comfy window seats. It was a beautiful day for a trip on the sea with blue sky and very little wind.

We picked up our new rental car and discovered not long after leaving town that we had a flat tyre. Not something we would normally check on a newly picked up rental. We pulled into a servo and pumped it up, crossed our fingers and pushed on to Nelson.

Nelson was a lot larger than we expected. K found a ceramic gallery with a great selection of different artists and proceeded to spend good money on dirt that had been shaped, painted and heated up.

We found a quaint restaurant that hung over the water for a drink while we watched some inspiring ocean swimmers in their groups training in the cold water.