Here are a few more updates:
+Am drinking "flat white coffee", not sure if I can explain what it is but it tastes good.
+Have found coconut mushrooms (no, they're not hallucinogenic) and candy milk bottles (some of my favorite English candies)
+Am eating Marmite.
+Other than food, I am finding time to sightsee.
+Met a British woman who did a sky dive in NZ, wound up marrying the sky dive instructor.
+Enjoyed a visit to Huka Falls, created by NZ's longest river, the Waikato.
+Didn't stay at the nearby Huka Falls for obvious reasons($1,800 a night).
+Went to the Honey Hive, a place devoted to bees and honey. Did the honey tasting. My favorite was the Pohutukawa honey...and the manuka honey and chestnut ice cream.
+Read in the newspaper that Craig Ferguson will be shown here on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday -- in the same episode where David Letterman interviews John Keys, New Zealand's prime minister. Way to go Craig! The kiwis will love you, I'm sure!
+Took six and a half hour bus ride to Wellington, capital city.
+Bus ride was spectacular - beautiful scenery, seems to be the norm here.
+Rode a cable car here and visited Botanic Gardens. Was an event for spring tulips and saw the Dutch ambassador to New Zealand.
+Visited Te Papa, the national museum, twice and saw the only colossal squid to be on display in a museum in the world.
+Bought myself a pair of socks and a scarf made from merino wool and possum fur. Softest things in the world! Love the possum fur (although New Zealander without exception HATE the possums!).
+Visited the World Press Photo 09 exhibition. Wondered why there weren't any pictures by the world's best press photographer -- Adrian, my brother.
+Bought manuka honey. Honey is a big thing in NZ.
+Tried an afghan cookie -- (chocolate with other bits in - not sure exactly what, but was tasty).
+Saw the Beehive, a building shaped like a beehive, which has become a symbol of Wellington.
+Saw government buildings, which include some of the largest wooden buildings in the world.
+Rains a lot and is windy here.
+Tomorrow off on the ferry to the South Island follwed by a train ride on the TransCoastal to Christchurch.
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