We're in Blenheim

We're viticulturists! That's right, we're working in 'canopy management' here in Blenheim (in the north of the South Island). Today was our first day and we found out that canopy management is just a fancy phrase for back breaking work. Oh well, it helps the wallet a bit. Sorry, we don't have any pictures to load yet because we are staying in a hostel and the computers cost two bucks for 35 minutes. We will in a few weeks, I promise. By that time I hope we will have moved on from this management business back to WWOOFing and cycling. We couch-surfed with some lovely people in Wellington (a really cool city by the way) who are camping in this area in a few weeks so we'll hopefully get to meet up with them again. Oh, and since the last post, we took the train from Hamilton to Wellington, the ferry over to the South Island, biked 40+ to a farm near Blenheim, stayed there for a week and a half, had Christmas with the family there (it was a scorcher! and their grandma was hilarious; at one point she was looking for her daughter, who was tending the chickens, and said to us 'Blow the chooks! I need tending!), found this job through our hosts, and moved out to a backpackers! Whew, that's a lot without much detail (we're on the clock, sorry!) but we miss all of you and hope you have a lovely New Year's!