Chapter 6: Hamilton and, more importantly, RUGBY!

Having such a good time with the weekend travels Renee and Lucia and Petunia (Ray was busy so Moose stayed home too) decided to take a day trip to Hamilton and see RUGBY!!! (Renee LOVES rugby. So does Petunia.) On the way they had planned to stop at a cheesemaking demonstration but there was no cheese being made on the day of the visit so instead they had coffee and then walked along the Blue Spring for a while.

The Blue Spring is a natural spring which supplies water to a nearby town and accounts for about 70% of the bottled water from New Zealand. They were all quite surprised at the crystal clearness of the water and found that it tasted quite nice. The surrounding area was also very pretty.

Once they arrived in Hamilton the girls (and Moose) visited some shops and had a surprisingly delicious Indian dinner from a mall shop.

SO GOOD! And cheap!!

Then it was off to the rugby game! Lucia was surprised at Renee's enthusiasm and strong interest in the game itself.

Then was a short visit to the Hamilton night market and a fairly quick drive back given that there were no stops.

XP: Average speed of the Blue Spring: 42 cubic meters/minute (that's 9,240 gallons!)