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I visited the south island of New Zealand in mid August 2005 – smack dab in their winter. This was during the height of their Lord of the Rings glory, although they are probably still hugely into it. My trip coincided with Kylie, Niklas, Astrid, and Kylie’s mom (all from Melbourne) being there which provided loads of amusement. They had the most fun imitating the New Zealand accent although I could barely tell the difference. I think it was like someone from Texas imitating someone from Georgia.

New Zealand was beautiful in terms of both land and people. My favorite were the yellow-eyed penguins. I took a special tour to see Albatross while I was there and was disappointed to find out they are just really big seagulls. With a name like Albatross I expected dinosaurs or something. That was an example of how traveling with a guidebook would have been helpful. Although a guidebook probably wouldn’t have said just really big seagulls. The fur seals were cool, too.