Marlborough wine... and lots of it!
2008-04-14, Blenheim, New Zealand. By: eme86

Our next stop up north took us to Blenheim for a day, only a short one as the main reason that we stopped here was as our last port of call on the south island and for the wine! We went on a wine tast...

Wine, chocolate and mini golf but not a pasty in sight.
2008-02-15, blenheim, New Zealand. By: ronnieed

On the way out of Marlborough we popped in at St Clair winery, a chocolate factory and Cloudy Bay. All of them were very nice. One of us drank a little more than the other due to driving duties. Ronni...

Our 7 year anniversary. That’s a long time! Lets have some wine
2008-02-14, blenheim, New Zealand. By: ronnieed

We started our 7th year in much the same as our first, a quick bit of boxing. Ronnie won. We had booked another wine tour for today but this one was by bike. Normally getting pissed and riding around ...

Working on the Vineyards
2006-11-18, Blenheim, New Zealand. By: drooms

Hi, Here we are yet again but now in Blenheim. After spending some time in Nelson we finally moved on to Blenheim to start our next job, working on the vineyards. We live in a hostel specially made f...

A swingbridge and vineyards
2006-08-27, Blenheim, New Zealand. By: andrewjeff

On a Friday after work we flew on a little 19-seater plane to the small airport of Blenheim (pronounced Blenum) in the far northeast part of the South Island. The main reason for the trip was to go w...

The Lemon Tree
2005-08-13, Blenheim, New Zealand. By: pucs_world

Travelling is all about not holding back and seizing the moment. Carpe Diem they say… Seize the carp!? Anyway, Carp seizing often doesn’t come cheap. For instance one must pay a fine dime to get pu...

Faith week
2005-03-26, Blenheim, New Zealand. By: saradekker

In my last email, I think I mentioned that this week is faith week. The school divided us up into groups of twos and threes and sent us off the base on Saturday morning with two sandwhiches and ten d...