A man pays a visit to a friend. As they sit on the front porch talking, the friend’s dog lies beside them, twitching and wimpering. “What’s wrong with your dog?” the man asks.“Oh, there’s a nail sticking up in the […]
June, 2019
New Zealand part 5: The north island
New Zealand’s north and south islands are roughly equal in size, but not in fame; the south island seems to get all the attention whereas the north island is the urbanized sidekick; Mario’s Luigi, Batman’s Robin; Ferris Bueller’s Cameron – […]
New Zealand part four: the rest of the south island
After the glow worms – and especially Milford Sound – we couldn’t help but suspect that we’d seen the best of New Zealand – the enchanted far south. But as we drove from Te Anau to Wanaka there was more […]