Going at a Glacial Pace / Happy Birthday, Harper
It's easy to lose track of time on vacation, especially when one is more than a day's worth of time zones away from home, but all of us knew it was December 30. Reason one: Miss Harper was turning 15! Reason two: we were going on a cruise through Milford Sound! To be sure, one of these reasons was more important ... Milford Sound :) Oh, I meant Harper's birthday (even though it was really only 12/29 in the US, therefore not officially her birthday at all). To begin the day, we went in search of a good GF place that was open early enough to allow us to get to the cruise coach by 8:30 am. Our AirBnB host had recommended Vudu Cafe , which opened just in time. Here's our birthday girl, perhaps not at her morning best. Her standing breakfast order: cold brew or iced coffee and any GF entree that included avocado. Look at that beautiful flat white! One food comment that surprised us--we did not find NZ sausage especially good. N...