Winning Ways

If you happen to be passing the Matterhorn in downtown Wellington (the website alone is beyond average) it might be worth your while stopping in for a bite. Wellington's popular bar on Cuba Street has just been voted best restaurant in the Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year Awards. So will the award go to their head making the bar too exclusive? It's unlikely, since it was also awarded Best Casual Dining - Metropolitan.

Another Wellington restaurant claimed the title last year, so I think its fair to say that fine dining is a given amongst Wellington's considerable list of attributes.

Speaking of winning - awards are being handed out aplenty in China's capital this month. Well, we weren't really going to get through August without me mentioning the Olympics at least once!

I think the 29th Olympiad has maintained the event's status as the 'greatest show on earth'. As GB  celebrates its greatest medal haul in the modern era (I don't think the 1908 tally really offers fair comparison), the Kiwis are also celebrating a stellar performance with 9 medals collected so far (three golds, one silver and five bronze) and there's still 2 days to go... For a small nation, that's not bad.

Roll on 2012. And for anyone not infused with enthusiasm for the London games, just think - what a perfect time to take a holiday to New Zealand!

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[Will]

I was in New Zealand in March/April 2007. My experience was amazing - I regret that I didn't stay longer. The people were great; the food was great; and the scenery was the best. I took so many pictures that I had a hard time picking the ones I like to frame.

Visit http://www.willwork.org/dnn/Vacation/NewZealand2007/tabid/57/Default.aspx for some of my pictures!