Every one of life’s events has a soundtrack, our kitchen in the UK had the theme song glamorous (fergie) our trip to green which had ‘all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey”.
Our quintessential kiwi road trip to the beach at Whangamata had the theme song LOLA – it’s about a transsexual, I love this song and I only just figured that out!
We left Auckland around ten and with a good supply of candy and a large coffee in hand made a start on our three-hour drive. Coming into our destination we stopped to by fruit and veggies at a country store. On the way to the avocado aisle we spotted a peculiar looking specimen. A metre long green thing with a sign saying
“Free to a good home”
Who ever heard of a vegetable being free to a good home? Well we decided we were that good home and took our newly adopted overgrown courgette home with us. My father informed us it’s a called a marrow, but we insisted it was a giant courgette – much more dramatic! And spent the rest of the week correcting each other. Who would have thought u could have so much fun with a vegetable! That thing lasted 4 meals! For 3! We scooped out the inside and stuffed it with rice and tomatoes – delicious oh! In between all our eating me and my friends Jessie and shevaun had an amazing time, swimming four times a day, vintage shopping at the town’s treasure troves of second hand stores. At low tide we walked across the sand bar to a nearby island and nearly died of a heart attack from all the crabs. We spent our nights eating guacamole and nachos and sitting drinking gin tonics on the deck. Trying to avoid the swarms of insects. One unforgettable night we were literally attacked by ants it was like a sea off moving black carpet. After some energetic spraying we had to vacuum them all up – disgusting! Our last day we decided to take a leisurely drive back via a nearby beach – Waihi where my aunt lives and is building an actual mansion – seriously, seriously. Her place is right right on the water seriously! So we went for a swim there and went to Athenre pancake parlour for breakfast and had lavender chocolate pancakes on a deck overhanging a steam. The pancake parlour is in the middle of nowhere in the bush and the stream is notorious for is eel inhabitants. Gorgeous setting to start the day!
We hit the local vintage stores in Waihi and I bought Jessie a really cute purple ‘ Daphne’ of Scooby doo style sixties dress for her birthday. We stopped for ice cream and candy several times on the way home and spent the day taking endless tiki tours. Scattered throughout our week wheather we were swimming shopping – sitting driving we were singing LOLA ! l-o-l-a lola.
We drank champane and danced all night – under electrics candelight!
We drank champane and it tastes just like cherry cola! C-o-l-a Cola!
LOLLLLLLAAAAAAA
Our quintessential kiwi road trip to the beach at Whangamata had the theme song LOLA – it’s about a transsexual, I love this song and I only just figured that out!
We left Auckland around ten and with a good supply of candy and a large coffee in hand made a start on our three-hour drive. Coming into our destination we stopped to by fruit and veggies at a country store. On the way to the avocado aisle we spotted a peculiar looking specimen. A metre long green thing with a sign saying
“Free to a good home”
Who ever heard of a vegetable being free to a good home? Well we decided we were that good home and took our newly adopted overgrown courgette home with us. My father informed us it’s a called a marrow, but we insisted it was a giant courgette – much more dramatic! And spent the rest of the week correcting each other. Who would have thought u could have so much fun with a vegetable! That thing lasted 4 meals! For 3! We scooped out the inside and stuffed it with rice and tomatoes – delicious oh! In between all our eating me and my friends Jessie and shevaun had an amazing time, swimming four times a day, vintage shopping at the town’s treasure troves of second hand stores. At low tide we walked across the sand bar to a nearby island and nearly died of a heart attack from all the crabs. We spent our nights eating guacamole and nachos and sitting drinking gin tonics on the deck. Trying to avoid the swarms of insects. One unforgettable night we were literally attacked by ants it was like a sea off moving black carpet. After some energetic spraying we had to vacuum them all up – disgusting! Our last day we decided to take a leisurely drive back via a nearby beach – Waihi where my aunt lives and is building an actual mansion – seriously, seriously. Her place is right right on the water seriously! So we went for a swim there and went to Athenre pancake parlour for breakfast and had lavender chocolate pancakes on a deck overhanging a steam. The pancake parlour is in the middle of nowhere in the bush and the stream is notorious for is eel inhabitants. Gorgeous setting to start the day!
We hit the local vintage stores in Waihi and I bought Jessie a really cute purple ‘ Daphne’ of Scooby doo style sixties dress for her birthday. We stopped for ice cream and candy several times on the way home and spent the day taking endless tiki tours. Scattered throughout our week wheather we were swimming shopping – sitting driving we were singing LOLA ! l-o-l-a lola.
We drank champane and danced all night – under electrics candelight!
We drank champane and it tastes just like cherry cola! C-o-l-a Cola!
LOLLLLLLAAAAAAA
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