We've been working hard this week (Monday and Tuesday) so we can enjoy our weekends. So, we thought we'd post some general observations:
1) All the houses in Christchurch are different; different ages, styles, materials....It's nice not to see cookie-cutter type neighborhoods.
2) Kiwi sayings: "give way" vs yield, "no worries" vs. no problem, "I'll ring you" vs call you; "section" or "garden" vs yard.
3) Nobody (or very few) have central heating. At the most, they have floor heating. Mostly, they use space heaters (attached or unattached). We think everyone has electric blankets.
4) Food: We had "kiwi-berries" which are miniature kiwis without the fuzz. About the size of a large grape. VERY good. We also tried blue-lip mussels (in our seafood chowder). They are very popular here and are tasty (but a bit chewy).
Tomorrow, we're taking off about 3:30pm or so to go to a local house and bush (wild/natural area). Will report on that next.
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