Howard recommended the road less traveled to Wellington. So off we went, down a rural highway with hills looming, covered in short grass and lots of sheep grazing on it. We had lots of twists and turns on the road and Mike did great job of driving. The terrain reminded us of the high country in the American west.
As we emerged at last from the hill country, the land flattened out with more cows than sheep. We did pass signs advertising "sheep poo" for $5 a bag and later on, when we were in cow country, the ads were for "cow poo" for $1 a bag.
Back to the cost of food here in New Zealand. Milk is $4 for 2 litres. Meat is also expensive, especially when you consider the number of farms that we passed. New Zealanders like their dairy products and they like their automobiles. The costs of dairy products have been increasing and Easter chocolate is really expensive this year.
We are getting used to the language. If you are talking about a web address, it is pronounced nzed. Z is zed.
We have a wonderful hotel room on the top floor of an office building. The view from the balcony is very nice and the
room has a small kitchen with dishwasher and a washer/dryer combo. The owner stopped us in the hallway to ask how things were going. This is a very friendly country.
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