{"id":1684,"date":"2011-03-08T00:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T07:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2011-03-08T00:38:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T07:38:06","slug":"the-woods-arrive-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"The Wood&#8217;s arrive in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We picked up my parents at the\u00c2\u00a0Christchurch\u00c2\u00a0airport on Monday morning after a long flight from San Francisco. \u00c2\u00a0We were originally planning on staying in Christchurch for a few days, but the city was still mostly closed with residents and property owners just being allowed to go into some parts of the CBD after two weeks. \u00c2\u00a0Instead, we decided to drive up the east coast to the small town of Kaikoura.<\/p>\n<p>On the way we stopped at the Waipara\u00c2\u00a0valley for some wine tasting and lunch at the Mud House Winery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1686\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1686\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1686  \" title=\"DSCF1878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1878.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1878-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine tasting - a good start to any New Zealand vacation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We arrived in Kaikoura to our fist &#8220;bach&#8221; (holiday home). \u00c2\u00a0And boy was the view amazing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1687\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1687  \" title=\"DSCF1882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1882.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1882-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the bach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a quiet night in the bach, my parents were ready for some sight seeing the next day. \u00c2\u00a0We spent the day shopping in town, checking out the seals on the point, eating crayfish (rock lobster) at the famous roadside stand, Nins Bin, and cooking up some\u00c2\u00a0delicious\u00c2\u00a0green-lipped mussels for dinner. \u00c2\u00a0It was a pretty good day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1693\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1884.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1693  \" title=\"DSCF1884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1884-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying fresh rock lobster at Nins Bin<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We picked up my parents at the\u00c2\u00a0Christchurch\u00c2\u00a0airport on Monday morning after a long flight from San Francisco. \u00c2\u00a0We were originally planning on staying in Christchurch for a few days, but the city was still mostly closed with residents and property owners just being allowed to go into some parts of the CBD after two weeks. 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