Great day in Akaroa yesterday. Fourteen of us were on the same excursion. This is because my daughter Cindy was on the Voyager the trip right before our trip. She told me the GIANTS house was really worth seeing so I passed the word to the others. Most of us changed our excursion.

It started with the sheep farm and dog demonstration. The drive was beautiful through the hills and the farmer was great. He demonstrated young dogs still in the stages of training. The farmhouse was really pretty with a great house and garden. We had a "spot" of tea there as well.

Then off to the Giants house that did not disappoint. In fact it is impossible to describe. The only thing that will do that is the pictures and hopefully Ken can get some up today so you can see what the fuss is all about. Some stayed in town and said the food was really good.

Today we were in Dunedin. We cancelled our tour to see the penguins (which we have seen many times before) as we had a little shopping to do and so we just took the shuttle bus and accomplished all we set out to do. Then a nice lunch on our return and now a few spare minutes. Seems like it has been rushed since we stepped onboard.

So far three trivia sessions, one second and a third with my team and once I played with other clients of mine and we got third. So in the "coupons" each time. I want one of the black Regent tee shirts.