an update and a rant
Saturday, March 10th, 2007We arrived in Dunedin yesterday, a town that reminds me of Duluth. As you come into town from the north, the road winds down a hill that overlooks the town and the harbor like 35 does coming down Thompson hill. We came to go to a rugby game, but we also ended up touring a brewery, visiting a museum and wandering through a couple of used book stores (which I enjoyed and Anna didn’t so much).
The rugby game was good fun. The home team (the Highlanders) won, so the crowd was in good spirits. The brewery tour was also fun, particularly the part where we drank some beer. It was Speight’s brewery, which is the beer down here, as far as regionals go. It was pretty tasty, for a large scale brewery beer.
Today, we took our time leaving town, planning on going back to the Otago Museum, as we didn’t have much time there yesterday. As we were leaving the hostel, the owner recommended we check out the farmer’s market, which we did, and we bought tons of vegetables, fruit and, oddly enough for an island with no natural mammals apart from bats, vension sausage.
Right now, we’re on our way to the Catlins, a hilly/foresty area at the very bottom of the south island. We’re driving down a bumpy gravel road to see a blowhole, if the tide isn’t too low. I’ll keep you posted on how things are. Stay tuned!
awrichner