Gary arose at 6:30am to see if there was anyone on reception who could give him his passport. Unfortunately there wasn’t anyone there so we had to wait in Nelson and miss our bus. Knowing that we could now watch the Man Utd v Celtic match later softened the blow somewhat. We headed to the internet café with our bags in hand as the hostel didn’t have it on, at 9:00am and watched Utd draw 1-1. We also had a very funny webcam conversation with one Kieran Costello.
We had no hostel for the night so our next mission was to find suitable accommodation which didn’t prove too hard. We checked into Accents on the Park hostel and were met by a very enthusiastic man on reception. He gave us a six bed dorm for four of us which we were delighted about as we are usually cramped in four bed dorms. We left our bags in our room and headed back towards the town centre.
Now it was time to explore the city of Nelson and see everything it had to offer. First stop along the way was an Irish owned bar and restaurant for some breakfast. The owner was from Longford and the waitress from Dublin and both of them made us feel very welcome and invited us back later for some Irish music.
Next we visited the jeweller’s Jens Hansen who Peter Jackson got to make the “one ring to rule them all” for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It was good to see the ring and replicas were available but we thought about what happens to the owner of such a ring so we quickly moved on!
Gary had the urge to invest again in the Lotto and this time he wanted scratch cards as well. I was happy to go along with it for the laugh even though I was very sceptical and we bought $50 worth of “3 in a row” and scratched them outside the grey stoned Christ Church Cathedral which is perched on a small hill overlooking the town. We won $20 dollars out of the cards and invested them in 4 cards of “Beat The Dealer”. We thought our luck was out when we were on $7 with one card to scratch but Gary the won $20 which took our total to $27 which we would invested again someday. Stay Posted on our gambling antics! After this we entered the Cathedral and noticed the grim exterior contrasts with its interior.
We headed back to the hostel to grab a quick meal and get ready for a few pints where we ate breakfast earlier in the morning. On our way out the guy on reception made a funny comment about us when we were leaving to another group who were just checking in. He said “Now here is something special for you, here are three Irish lads and they are not drunk! Its something you are not likely to see again”.
With that we headed into town to prove him right!
Mike
We had no hostel for the night so our next mission was to find suitable accommodation which didn’t prove too hard. We checked into Accents on the Park hostel and were met by a very enthusiastic man on reception. He gave us a six bed dorm for four of us which we were delighted about as we are usually cramped in four bed dorms. We left our bags in our room and headed back towards the town centre.
Now it was time to explore the city of Nelson and see everything it had to offer. First stop along the way was an Irish owned bar and restaurant for some breakfast. The owner was from Longford and the waitress from Dublin and both of them made us feel very welcome and invited us back later for some Irish music.
Next we visited the jeweller’s Jens Hansen who Peter Jackson got to make the “one ring to rule them all” for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It was good to see the ring and replicas were available but we thought about what happens to the owner of such a ring so we quickly moved on!
Gary had the urge to invest again in the Lotto and this time he wanted scratch cards as well. I was happy to go along with it for the laugh even though I was very sceptical and we bought $50 worth of “3 in a row” and scratched them outside the grey stoned Christ Church Cathedral which is perched on a small hill overlooking the town. We won $20 dollars out of the cards and invested them in 4 cards of “Beat The Dealer”. We thought our luck was out when we were on $7 with one card to scratch but Gary the won $20 which took our total to $27 which we would invested again someday. Stay Posted on our gambling antics! After this we entered the Cathedral and noticed the grim exterior contrasts with its interior.
We headed back to the hostel to grab a quick meal and get ready for a few pints where we ate breakfast earlier in the morning. On our way out the guy on reception made a funny comment about us when we were leaving to another group who were just checking in. He said “Now here is something special for you, here are three Irish lads and they are not drunk! Its something you are not likely to see again”.
With that we headed into town to prove him right!
Mike
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