Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Girls' Trip

Back when my niece Zoe was a little girl and Hannah just a baby, we started spending a week during January in Palmerston North with my family there. We did this for many years until Covid in 2020 and then for the past few years we've only been to visit a few times.  This January Hannah and I had a wonderful few days staying my cousin Donna and her boyfriend. We filled our days with lots of shopping, sightseeing, eating out and enjoying catching up with my aunty and uncle too.

One of the days we went blueberry picking at Blue Acres, a farm near Ashurst, such a fun afternoon, one for the pot, one for my mouth ha ha.



One evening we visited the He Ara Kotahi bridge, which is near the esplanade in Palmerston. There's a pathway that goes for quite a few kms, and along the way there is a stream where you can feed the eels. 




One of the most loveliest aspects of the week was just spending time with Hannah, and following her around as she found shops to visit, and food and drinks to try. This was a strawberry macha latte, and was quite delicious.


We spent a day in Whanganui, and visited Virginia Lake and the Winter Garden. This has always been a favourite place to visit for me, we went there many times when I was a kid.



Hannah decided to recreate this photo from 2017!






It was such a stunning day weather wise, quite hot too.





We spent an afternoon at the movies, Paddington in Peru, such a fun family movie.


Hannah's favourite shop, where we went three times ha ha






We also were able to catch up with other friends and family members, including another cousin and his partner, and see their amazing fruit and vegetables gardens. I also got to meet the lovely ladies at the sewing group, Sew On, my cousin volunteers with for the Arohanui Hospice, where they make lots of different things from recycled fabrics and craft items. 

Such an enjoyable few days in the Manawatu.

See you soon x



3 comments:

butterfly said...

What a lovely post , it is lovely to spend time with our daughters .
What a great trip.
Hope you both had a wonderful time, hugs June.

Marilyn said...

Looks like a fun time!
Marilyn

Julie said...

I love Palmerston North Katrina - both my parents were from there & growing up we spent lots of time there. It is a long time since I have visited the winter gardens in Wanganui - I used to love it too. Looks like such a special time together - Hannah is growing into such a beautiful young lady. A great photo of you both there together. xx

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