Good things about New Zealand
1. Hitha and Jack are from here.
2. They serve you coffee, freshly brewed, at the airport whilst you're waiting for your bags to arrive.
3. They have bookshops with all the books in English for people who've just finished their current book to spend a lovely half hour browsing around.
4. It's clean and well-organised and calm - Queen St, essentially Oxford St, the weekend before Xmas, has all the shops you need, and none of the people you don't need. Maybe all New Zealanders are very organised about their Xmas shopping.
5. Lord of the Rings just opened and is on at every cinema. We will be watching it somewhere soon. Probably in Rotorua where we're going for Xmas.
6. We don't have to try to be understood. South America has been totally, totally mind-blowingly brilliant, but, it is a little bit of a relief to be able to communicate more readily. Less fun perhaps, but more relaxing just for now.
We have just bought more camping gear. A book each. And many CDs for our hire car. Yep, on the road again in 2 days after a couple of days mooching in Auckland. Big walk and museums and art galleries tomorrow.
xx
1. Hitha and Jack are from here.
2. They serve you coffee, freshly brewed, at the airport whilst you're waiting for your bags to arrive.
3. They have bookshops with all the books in English for people who've just finished their current book to spend a lovely half hour browsing around.
4. It's clean and well-organised and calm - Queen St, essentially Oxford St, the weekend before Xmas, has all the shops you need, and none of the people you don't need. Maybe all New Zealanders are very organised about their Xmas shopping.
5. Lord of the Rings just opened and is on at every cinema. We will be watching it somewhere soon. Probably in Rotorua where we're going for Xmas.
6. We don't have to try to be understood. South America has been totally, totally mind-blowingly brilliant, but, it is a little bit of a relief to be able to communicate more readily. Less fun perhaps, but more relaxing just for now.
We have just bought more camping gear. A book each. And many CDs for our hire car. Yep, on the road again in 2 days after a couple of days mooching in Auckland. Big walk and museums and art galleries tomorrow.
xx
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