News from New Zealand

Sorry about the lack of updates, but we haven’t been near too many hotspots. Right now, I’m writing to you from Dunedin where New Zealand’s oldest University is. School is back in sessions, so last night (Saturday) was a huge party downtown. Julie and I went to a rugby game where the Dunedin Hylanders beat the Canterbury Crusaders 6-0, which was their first win over the Crusaders in 6 years and their first shutout in 13. The Crusaders are considered New Zealand’s finest team, but as one bloke put it, “They’re not anymore.”

I won’t spend too much time here detailing every detail of our journey so far since Julie is the one keeping notes and she’s off on a walk right now (I’ve got a bit of a sore throat, so I’m staying in at the moment). Our campervan is nice, though it is starting to smell a bit. We’ll clean it up so I can grab a few shots of it to show you all. Here’s a very quick rundown of where we’ve been:

Sydney due to our long layover. Then into Christchurch where we stayed with Julie’s cousin Sarah and her husband Brooks as well as their new addition Ida. Then we headed to Timaru for our second night. The next day we drove to Omaru were we saw some baby penguins and Maroki (name might not be right) were we saw some adult Yellow Eyed Penguins. Into Dunedin for rugby, drinks and sleep. Next up is going to be Te Anu were we will collect ourselves for the journey to Milford Sound. After that, probably Queenstown. I think we are not doing the rail trail bike trek since I’m not feeling the best right now. Maybe on our next trip.

Photos are taking too long to upload, so maybe we'll post some later.