1. Clothes take like 4 days to dry unless you have a dryer (we don't).
2. Because NZ has this ridiculous idea that it doesn't get cold, 90% of restaurants have little or no heat. Certainly none of them have central heating. We went out to eat last week and you can see me pictured, right next to a fire with about 3 layers on. The food here was really crap, too. You know how places in really incredible locations (right on the beach, anywhere in Niagara Falls, etc.) often have really bad food? This is one of those places.
3. Blue is doing really well -- getting lots of love and attention!
4. But the winters in Auckland aren't horribly cold, really, so you do get some lovely days where you can sit outside. We had friends over for brunch and enjoyed an hour of warm sun before it got chilly again. Thank god we have central heating!
If you're wondering what that red liquid is in our friend Catherine's champagne glass, it's evil sparkling shiraz. It combines the fun of champagne with the hangover of red wine. It's delicious, but you can only have 2 glasses or you'll hate yourself the next day. Last year they had a party with a bunch of this stuff and we're still talking about it.....
Catherine and her husband Steve just returned from a 10 week honeymoon around the world. Incredible!
1 comment:
Okay--you don't have a DRYER? What kind of American are you?!? Clearly, a greener one than me...but don't the stiff jeans and cardboard towels get old? How do you get anything soft?
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