HI all - sorry we haven't posted photos and updates of our house and trip to castle hill. Hopefully we'll get those up soon. I am at work though, and didn't bring the camera in. Besides, I am meant to be working (a Kiwi-ism! Already!).
We suffered the online auction process again, and managed to purchase a table and chairs for the kitchen. Hopefully we will be able to pick them up tonight. We were outbid on a crummy old futon frame. I bid $10 - it sold for over $150. And we gave ours away for free...people are very thrift here. They even sell broken things that would be thrown out in Canada. We still need a fridge - we are working on that. The instructor in Astronomy who sold us the washer may be able to provide a fridge too. Knock on wood! Thank goodness for 'longlife' milk!
Anyway, here are my observations for the week:
4 things I love about NZ:
1. The staff "tea room" has a boiling water tap. this means that I can have tea in an instant. Whenever I want. Don't even have to wait for water to boil. Now if only I had a tea bag...
2. They put their boulders on a soft lawn. Isn't that nice of them? The sheep keep the grass short too.
3. You don't have to wear shoes. Even in restaurants.
4. There is lots and lots of ocean here. And penguins too, which I look forward to seeing.
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