Today was a big lecture/field trip day on learning about kinds of facts about New Zealand. A professor stayed the day with us to explain about the geology, weather and biology in this island nation.
It was another sunny day here but rather windy by the lake and ocean where we were. If you like oysters, New Zealand is the place for you as they were growing everywhere on the rocks where we were at low tide. A lot of asians or polynesians go down and get dinner right on the beach!!!
The word kiwi here is a term for the people of New Zealand or a brown flightless bird. Kiwi the fruit is known as kiwifruit. There is a lot of English influence and we have morning and afternoon tea here as well as all the British terms like loo for bathroom and lift for elevator. Yield traffic signs say "Give Way". And, of course, they drive on the other side of the road. Then the original inhabitants Maori had words for things that they still use like:
Aubergine for eggplant
Capsicum for bell pepper
Courgette for zucchini
pawpaw for papaya
kumara for sweet potato
and other English word used include:
crib for vacation house
dairy for a convenience store
road maggot for a camper van
car park for parking lot
entree for appetizer
tramping for hiking
take-away for take out
straight away for right away
New Zealand has about 4 million people along with about 40 million sheep. So lamb is the big food to eat here besides shellfish. I have had lamb for dinner the past two nights. It is really quite mild and very good. I guess it is all in the butchering and preparation, and they are the experts here.
The Queen Mary 2 was here in town today, as well as the international lawn bowling competition. The price of gas here is $1.77 per liter and a small bungalow was being advertised for $359,000. That was all big news here today!!
Tomorrow we leave for Rotorua which is their geothermal area...I am not looking forward to the smell!!!
Hope everyone is staying warm and healthy.
Love,
Gloria
It was another sunny day here but rather windy by the lake and ocean where we were. If you like oysters, New Zealand is the place for you as they were growing everywhere on the rocks where we were at low tide. A lot of asians or polynesians go down and get dinner right on the beach!!!
The word kiwi here is a term for the people of New Zealand or a brown flightless bird. Kiwi the fruit is known as kiwifruit. There is a lot of English influence and we have morning and afternoon tea here as well as all the British terms like loo for bathroom and lift for elevator. Yield traffic signs say "Give Way". And, of course, they drive on the other side of the road. Then the original inhabitants Maori had words for things that they still use like:
Aubergine for eggplant
Capsicum for bell pepper
Courgette for zucchini
pawpaw for papaya
kumara for sweet potato
and other English word used include:
crib for vacation house
dairy for a convenience store
road maggot for a camper van
car park for parking lot
entree for appetizer
tramping for hiking
take-away for take out
straight away for right away
New Zealand has about 4 million people along with about 40 million sheep. So lamb is the big food to eat here besides shellfish. I have had lamb for dinner the past two nights. It is really quite mild and very good. I guess it is all in the butchering and preparation, and they are the experts here.
The Queen Mary 2 was here in town today, as well as the international lawn bowling competition. The price of gas here is $1.77 per liter and a small bungalow was being advertised for $359,000. That was all big news here today!!
Tomorrow we leave for Rotorua which is their geothermal area...I am not looking forward to the smell!!!
Hope everyone is staying warm and healthy.
Love,
Gloria
mom,
ReplyDeletewhat is the new zealand driving term for "stop-go-brake"
one more thing. when are we going to see pictures of some native new zealanders?
ReplyDeletei forgot what they call them over there. ask mrs. pozek about that. i think she knows the navtives' name and what they look like.
Don't worry about your crib in FLA. John's got that covered!!
ReplyDeleteJOE- What was the country name on top of the poster??? AUSTRALIA!! That is where your mom will see the natives I described! Hopefully, she will pose with a couple!
ReplyDeleteMrs. Pozek,
ReplyDeleteThey all look the same to me