Here is some perspectives about our trip. Australia doesn't really believe in restaurants like we are used to. They are more into the cafe/bistro thing. Not bad except they go to extremes in their ingredients. Needless to say Karl lost weight since he is just a picky eater (and most of you who know him know that is true). Australian people are very, very friendly! They love to know where we were from and how did we like their country and would we come back? It is very expensive over there. We would go to a McDonald's and it would cost us almost $25. Going to the supermarket was an experience since they used different terms for different things. Our raisin is their sultana so you had to look at the product and try to figure out what they were talking about.
New Zealand was wet. A very tropical place and I hope to see it again when it is drier. Our host was so apoligetic for the weather because it was supposed to have cleared up before we got there, then everything changed. But we did have a great time while we were there even though we had the same things as Australia in restaurants and supermarkets.
It was fun going into the cities and seeing "touristy" things, but it was more fun going to the smaller towns around our apartments and mingling with the local folk. They would say g'day to us and when we replied with hello or good morning and they realized we weren't local they slowed their speech down and were very tolerant when they had to repeat something because when they are talking to their own they go a mile a minute! And always wished us a good "holiday".
As promised here are some road signs we encountered along our travels:
Koala, Kangaroo, Wombat, Echidna
Welcome home and thanks for the trip!
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