A Month of Celebrations

 May 2021

In early May I popped over to Waiheke to visit one of my work colleagues who lived on the island and commuted to Auckland via the ferry. If not for the chill in the air, you would have thought it was summer.

We had booked lunch at Casita Miro, which I highly recommend if ever given the chance. Blink and you'd think you were in Spain somewhere.

Not only was it incredibly scenic, hidden amongst Waiheke's vineyards, but the food was exceptional. 

Tapas style, we ordered an array of dishes, from focaccia to potatas bravas to delicious prawns.

Everything was ridiculously good, and I've been hankering to go back ever since!

We had planned for a wine tasting at Tantalus estate, but unfortunately it was full, so we ended up at Stony Ridge instead, which was very pleasant, but left me with an itch to go back and try alllll the other vineyards on Waiheke. (One day!)

May was also Ben's birthday month, so we made the most of it with a day in Auckland city, starting with an escape room (we escaped 2 minutes overtime!) and Mexican Cafe for lunch (one of our go-to cheap eats in the city) 

We followed this up with mini-golfing and beers, before a lovely hotel room to chill for the night. I ended up winning the mini-golf (much to Ben's dismay).

In the morning we had a bottomless brunch by the harbour, which made for a really fun start to the day and wind-down of the birthday celebrations! 

A word of caution to any future traveller by the waterside, the cannons apparently go off every Sunday morning, which gave us an awful fright and almost made my glass go 10 feet in the air (Maybe that's why they're made of plastic here?) After this, we made our way to the ferry and home.

Did I mention the homemade chocolate mousse cake and bubbles? Not a bad month, May!