Tuesday, December 11, 2007
• The population of NZ is 4 million people and 40 million sheep. New York City alone has 8 million people
• I planned the entire trip using Lonely Planey New Zealand and TripAdvisor. Both were incredible resources.
• I drank a lot of coffee in New Zealand. I would always get a long black. I tried replicating that at Starbucks by ordering a double short Americano but it wasn't nearly as good. Not strong enough.
• Whittakers Chocolate, made in New Zealand, is as good as my favorite Belgian chocolate. I brought back a ton. Flake bars are also amazing
• You can't get good tea biscuits in the US. I brought back a bunch. You also couldn't get good flavored chips here until recently. I really liked Honey Soy Chicken in NZ. NZ has great soda (some passion fruit thing)
• All the wine is twist off. Perfect for traveling.
• Every hotel in NZ gave us fresh milk for tea. My mom was a huge fan of this.
• Internet was expensive. Some places charged per MB. Opening my laptop, downloading email, and checking a few webpages easily hit 20mb. Very annoying.
• People in NZ say "sweet as" to mean "cool" or "awesome." Not "sweet ass"
• They were playing a lot of Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20
• Most of the towns we went to in NZ were so small we didn't need to look up the hotel's address before showing up. Just go up main street and you'll see it.
• My dream: To live in Queenstown on a huge lot on a hill. Have a ton of sheep. Run a hotel and a restaurant/bar. Operate a bungy jump and jetboat. Oh, and I wish Queenstown was closer to Auckland.
• I planned the entire trip using Lonely Planey New Zealand and TripAdvisor. Both were incredible resources.
• I drank a lot of coffee in New Zealand. I would always get a long black. I tried replicating that at Starbucks by ordering a double short Americano but it wasn't nearly as good. Not strong enough.
• Whittakers Chocolate, made in New Zealand, is as good as my favorite Belgian chocolate. I brought back a ton. Flake bars are also amazing
• You can't get good tea biscuits in the US. I brought back a bunch. You also couldn't get good flavored chips here until recently. I really liked Honey Soy Chicken in NZ. NZ has great soda (some passion fruit thing)
• All the wine is twist off. Perfect for traveling.
• Every hotel in NZ gave us fresh milk for tea. My mom was a huge fan of this.
• Internet was expensive. Some places charged per MB. Opening my laptop, downloading email, and checking a few webpages easily hit 20mb. Very annoying.
• People in NZ say "sweet as" to mean "cool" or "awesome." Not "sweet ass"
• They were playing a lot of Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20
• Most of the towns we went to in NZ were so small we didn't need to look up the hotel's address before showing up. Just go up main street and you'll see it.
• My dream: To live in Queenstown on a huge lot on a hill. Have a ton of sheep. Run a hotel and a restaurant/bar. Operate a bungy jump and jetboat. Oh, and I wish Queenstown was closer to Auckland.