Aug 6
In Wellington
So, live blogging from the train didn’t work out too well. Lost the cellphone signal somewhere after Otorohanga, but we had a very scenic pleasant trip down.
More photos added.
The train stopped at National Park where we had lunch at The Station. My clever plan of emailing an order ahead didn’t work out. I’m still waiting to a reply to my email about the soup-of-the-day. But Tim managed to get in the front of the queue and get our orders in while I secured a table. The cafe is all set up to handle the rush anyway and got through the train-full of orders quickly and efficiently. It is better though to arrive there by car and take a bit of time for lunch.
We dumped our bags at the YHA, and walked on over for dinner at Sweet Mother’s (where even though it was packed we succeeded in getting a table without any wait). (Had a juicy pork burrito washed down by an 1812 IPA.) Then we wandered over to Hashigo Zake which was also the choice of some other Beervana attendees. And that was Friday.
As I said we’re staying at the YHA. But with private rooms, we’re not exactly slumming it. I was woken by blaring music at 6am through my double glazed windows, but that’s what you get staying in the inner city. Am planning on a lazy start this morning anyway, then find Ralph, then Beervana.












