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Lots of time on my hand

The end of our vacation is finally close at hand. In just under 3 hours we should be heading home. I am a little disappointed, as well as being happy. You know what Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz,
there's no place like home

Anywaze, as a continuation on my last post, and since I have lots of time on my hands right now, I thought I would take the time to reflect a little further on our trip, and provide some more thoughts and impressions from New Zealand.

  1. New Zealander's love Americans. The don't love some of the things are country stands for now (at least our government), but they definitely love American culture, especially American oldies, and country western music. In fact on the south island that's all you heard from the one station that broadcast on all the air waves, in ever city, as we traveled through the south island. It varies a little more on the north island, but at the most popular bars in Auckland, that's pretty much all you hear.

  2. If you're traveling to New Zealand don't worry about carrying cash. It seems every business takes credit cards. I only used cash when taking a taxi, or for little things like ice cream, but even in the case of the latter, I could have used my credit card.

  3. Fresh, wild caught fish is not as prevalent on the island as I had thought. In fact, you can't even purchase fresh, wild caught trout on the island. If you want trout, you have to catch it yourself. And all the salmon on the island is farm raised. We did have some grouper, orange roughy, sword fish, and marlin, but finding it not prepared fried (catering to the English) was difficult. Lamb and beef predominate, and contrary to what we had been told, the beef is very good.

  4. And finally, the Irish are everywhere, even in Auckland, and we got to celebrate St. Patrick's day a day early.


Cya all soon!
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Becky said…
They love country western? Well, that's different. Is it real country western or that new kind?
6:53 AM
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