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Sabrage!

I stayed at the new Sofitel Hotel in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour and whopped the top of an expensive bottle of French champagne with a sabre. Just like in Napoleon times.

Have a look at my “performance”. Ummm, it didn’t go quite as I expected ….

But if you listen to my instructor and follow his directions you should be able to try this at home!

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Hi, I'm Megan Singleton and I'm the word slinger of this travel blog as well as on radio in NZ every Sunday. Former Travel Editor at Yahoo NZ and current freelance writer for a few newspapers and mags from time to time, I set off on this travel writing journey 20 years ago and I've pretty much always got a suitcase half packed (or half un-packed!) I'd love you to join me on Facebook or Twitter and sign up for my newsletters if you want loads of travel tips, advice and deals!