Brevin braved the left side of the road upon pickup of our rental car (Lucy – due to her license plate #) in Auckland. She is a silver Toyota Corolla! We drove out to Hamilton and walked (and scooted!) along the river for a bit. Then made our way to Hobbiton, via lush green surreal sheep-infested blissful tranquil saturated voluptuously green countryside, where, in all honesty, Brevin had no idea what was around the corner. We made a quick pit stop in Matamata before heading to the real Shire, where we took a special evening banquet tour and feast for about 5 hours. Worth every second. Also there’s suspiciously more cows on the side of the road than sheep, so I call false advertising. Words cannot describe the Hobbiton experience, so luckily Brevin took a ton of pictures. Apparently it’s impossible to take a bad picture there. Mad props to Patrick and Andrea for the pro tip so long ago about the Evening Tour – it was unreal.
Nov 5: Hobbiton
