Papanui

We flew on this morning to New Zealand! New Zealand is two large islands - the North and South. We’re spending the next 9 days traveling thru the South Island. It’s known for being the most scenic and nature filled.

We’ve rented a camper van, which is basically a minivan that’s been altered. It has a double bed built into it and a small kitchen in the back. We’ve got a set route we’re taking thru the island and are staying in campgrounds over the next 9 nights.

This may be completely crazy in that it is still spring here in New Zealand, so … cold - it’s actively snowing in some places we are scheduled to go thru. We’ve bought some cold weather gear but … possibly not enough. I guess we’ll see as we go. It’ll definitely be an adventure, one way or another.

So today we got the van, went grocery shopping to set ourselves up for the week and set up the van to live comfortably in. Tomorrow morning we drive to our first destination.

Also .. side note. We saw the most fascinating McDonald’s ever in the Sydney airport. It was two stories, and the kitchen was on the top (in all glass) and the serving area was on the bottom floor. The food was delivered via a conveyor system. Very cool.

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