Every weekday morning (6:20 am!), we walk to the Uni (they always diminuitize words here) gym to work out. On our way back, we see this van and Kenn has been wanting to take a picture of it. We finally did. It reminds us of how certain things are different here in Kiwi land:
1) Most cars are WAY smaller than in the US.
2) They sell alcohol ON campus! In the engineering building Kenn passes through to get to his classroom, there is a beer bar that is open in afternoons.
3) Some people go barefoot out in public: in stores, downtown, at the Uni…….
4) They don’t seem to be as napkin-focused as we are in the US. When you get your food, they give you your utensils wrapped up in this skimpy napkin that is wrapped tightly around the utensils. Definitely one ply. And we don’t see a lot of people putting napkins in their laps.
5) The daily newspaper comes TIGHLY wrapped in a plastic that has to be pealed off carefully. Then, you need to wrap the paper the other way to be able to get it straight to read it. Plus, it is HUGE! Each page is 15 inches wide and almost two feet long.
6) They eat a lot of pumpkin here. But it’s not your Halloween type pumpkin. The outside is white. The inside is orange but not as stringy. Lynda just cut up one into little pieces and roasted it in the oven with some butter (very Kiwi style). YUM!
Cheers, Kenn and Lynda
1) Most cars are WAY smaller than in the US.
2) They sell alcohol ON campus! In the engineering building Kenn passes through to get to his classroom, there is a beer bar that is open in afternoons.
3) Some people go barefoot out in public: in stores, downtown, at the Uni…….
4) They don’t seem to be as napkin-focused as we are in the US. When you get your food, they give you your utensils wrapped up in this skimpy napkin that is wrapped tightly around the utensils. Definitely one ply. And we don’t see a lot of people putting napkins in their laps.
5) The daily newspaper comes TIGHLY wrapped in a plastic that has to be pealed off carefully. Then, you need to wrap the paper the other way to be able to get it straight to read it. Plus, it is HUGE! Each page is 15 inches wide and almost two feet long.
6) They eat a lot of pumpkin here. But it’s not your Halloween type pumpkin. The outside is white. The inside is orange but not as stringy. Lynda just cut up one into little pieces and roasted it in the oven with some butter (very Kiwi style). YUM!
Cheers, Kenn and Lynda
You guys crack me up!!! Has anyone asked you for a rubber yet? (eraser)
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