{"id":249,"date":"2024-01-25T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2024-01-25T02:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:04:03","slug":"nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an awesome 10 hour sleep (!) we awoke to our amazing Airbnb hostess, Meredith<\/a>, arriving at our door with warm, homemade cheese scones and coffee beans. Talk about gracious! She set the bar really high for our future Airbnb stays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fresh cheese scones compliments of our host, Meredith. There were four, but Mitch <\/sub><\/em>
ate one before I snapped a pic.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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We then popped over to an adorable open air coffee spot at the marina called Ruby\u2019s Espresso<\/a>. Beat that view Starbucks. It was an incredible coffee with an even more amazing view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruby’s Coffee in the marina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sublime Coffee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bag ‘O Beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Our next stop was a tour of Pic\u2019s Peanut Butter factory<\/a>. 70% of the peanuts they use are grown in Australia, with the remainder coming from Brazil. They recently began harvesting a crop of peanuts in NZ with the hope of producing Pic\u2019s from peanuts grown in their home country. We picked up a few products for the road and some \u201cslugs\u201d<\/a> for our hikes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pic’s Factory Tour Entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Factory Floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spinning for PB&J<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Team Pic’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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After Pic’s we drove to an incredible beach called Rabbit Island<\/a> and enjoyed the scenery and sun for a few hours. I think it should be renamed “Chicken Island” because one wild chicken hopped into our car as I was getting beach towels out of the trunk. That noise you heard was me screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rabbit Island Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We ended the day at The Boat Shed Caf<\/a>e, a lovely restaurant on the waterfront. Thank you Nelson<\/a> for an awesome day two in New Zealand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Boat Shed Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nelson Waterfront \/ Tasman Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oysters from Marlborough Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fresh Local Ceviche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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House on Victoria Rd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A road named after the Queen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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