Tea time on the road (by the waterfall above, on the tailgate below)
Everyone hangs their clothes out to dry
Weet-bix, the favorite Kiwi cereal
NZ consists of 2 large islands & I have been from the NE end of the northern island to the south central end of the southern island -- from the Coromandel Peninsula to the town of Queenstown. Here are my impressions from my travels: Fascinating & unique topographical features crowd this small nation -- dense foliage over steep hillsides to steep grassy knolls; mountains bare of trees to aqua rivers. I have heard the mechanical sounding Tui bird & learned that possum fur makes beautiful yarn. I will not complain about the price of gas in MT because it is about $6 a gallon here! I have picked kiwi fruit and learned new names for common vegies. I do not like the Marmite spread (80% yeast) or WeetBix cereal that most Kiwi's love, but I do love their little meat pies sold everywhere and tea time with biscuits (cookies). Sheep outnumber people 7 to 1 and I love the fluffy Marino sheep of the south island. I have become quite used to the driving on the other side of the road as long as we are going straight, but right hand turns and the roundabouts that are everywhere still throw me! Megan wants me to try driving before I leave! When I get in the front seat on the left side I still expect there to be a steering wheel there! I love that I have 5 weeks here because besides seeing a lot, I have lots of time to just shadow Megan's kiwi life. Because of that I feel like I live here! I have gone to the grocery store and the play group where she assists, a Bible study with a few friends and watched her coach a volleyball team of 14 year old girls in a private school. Her life as it happens is my life as it happens. And the bonus is lots of time to watch her married life which I had seen so little of with her either in Arizona or New Zealand.
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