Day: July 25, 2013

Most, Best, Only

I’ve already told you about our visiting New Zealand’s oldest kauri tree, longest swing-bridge, most scenic drive and deepest lake, and about the other superlatives that abound here as numerous as cockroaches in New York City. A few days ago we were in the town with the most cooperatives (in New Zealand or in the region, I don’t remember). It seems you can’t hear about anything without learning also about its supremacy in some category. […]

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Leftovers

Before we hit the road today, we stopped for our usual coffee. Many of the sinks here are far too tiny for their purpose, if indeed their purpose is for washing normal-sized human hands. It may have taken me nearly three weeks, but I’m more comfortable driving now. For one thing, I understand how the roads are laid out and what the symbols mean. A white triangle on the asphalt with its point facing you […]

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