North Island Greatest Hits, Minus a Few
Right. So I left you in Wellington, fresh off the ferry, almost a week ago with the promise that we were “catching our breath in Wellington,” and that I’d have […]
Here, There and Everywhere
Catching our breath in Wellington, gearing up for the actual official reason we’re even in this hemisphere: my meetings over the next two days with NIWA and CSIRO about my […]
Pacific Coast Highway – Kiwi Style
The crayfish (what we call a rock lobster up north) get pretty big on the South Island. Usually they don’t stay still long enough for a photo.) In Nelson this […]
North Along the Coast
We’re making our way up to Nelson along the east coast. Last night we spun the camp-o-matic dial and found ourselves at a little holiday park by where the Waimakariri […]
Akaroa, really this time
I realized that, in spite of yesterday’s post title, yesterday’s musings were mostly about getting to Akaroa, and meanderings about memories of past NZ trips. Lemme tell you a little […]
Akaroa
By the time we rolled into Akaroa, we’d been on the move for about 30 hours. Car, bus, plane, bus’ish, plane, plane, car, including a 13 hour stretch from Los […]
“Just what does ‘antipodes’ mean, anyway?”
I had this feeling that I must have known the answer to this, must have looked it up at some point, but when D asks, I’m kind of at a […]
Into Another World
I’d sort of left you hanging there last month in Bologna, didn’t I? Sorry about that. It was just that the days that followed seemed a little too improbable, a […]
On Taking Candy From Strangers
Values Clarification Opportunity: you’ve just gotten off the train in a strange city where you don’t know a soul and don’t speak the language. A gray haired gentleman scurries over […]
Campania Catch Up
I have been feeling a bit self-conscious blabbling about my carefree rambles through La Bella Italia while so much of what I care for back home is under siege. But […]
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