Category Archives: travels

Greetings from Lake Tekapo

This morning we rode and walked around the cathedral area of Christchurch, where they continue to work on taking down earthquake-damaged buildings and putting up new ones to take their place. Quite sobering but hopeful too. They’ve put a lot … Continue reading

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Marmite vs Vegamite (or Nutella)

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Some Things I’ve seen in New Zealand, so far

Sheep. Cows. Cattle. A goat. Four chickens. Three Pukeko. A few black swans. Canadian Geese. Black-back sea gulls. Shag. Myna. More sheep. More Cows. A lot of ocean! Nice walkways leading to beach with lovely park benches at strategic resting … Continue reading

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PS

I had been pretty proud of myself, answering questions at Hobbiton correctly. At today’s meeting of fans, there were a big handful of guys who could answer a LOT of questions about LOT of non-Lord-of-the-Rings movies correctly. Where was this … Continue reading

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Warez MB?

We started out this morning and we did a lot of cool stuff. First up, drive into Wellington and we went to Minerva, a textile bookshop. There were some fabulous quilts on display there and a huge assortment of books … Continue reading

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