taupo – day 1

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holidays. yay

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day 1 of the holiday was the drive to taupo via rotorua

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we stopped for the loos at hobbiton.  esther and me were feeling pretty ill at this stage

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we all perked up (except me) at rotorua for the luge

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there was a jelly bean shop selling some rather unpleasant flavours

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eventually we made it to our holiday house which was really cold.  so we lit a fire (or jane did) and the place soon warmed up and became rather smoky

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