on the road

Greetings from Greymouth, NZ. I've finally found time for a quick post. The trip has been great - the best was Milford Sound. The place gets 7 to 9 METERS of rain a year, and we managed to get a sunny day there with seals, dolphins, et al. The mountains here are pretty stunning, although my Swiss mother-in-law is a little nonplussed about them. Today we head to Kaikoura, and swim with seals tomorrow. A couple of favourite moments from the trip:

Favourite cultural moment: I heard a radio station imploring listeners to tune in "after sex." Bold, I thought, until I remembered that Kiwis pronounce the number six as "sex."

Favourite brain warp moment: I have a tendency to hear people wrong. Well, actually, to hear them correctly and then for my information processing system to turn it into something weird. So when wife-of-socialsomatic asked if we could find an info centre I heard "a nympho centre." Still, what would be wrong with a few nympho centres for the weary traveller?

My, this entry is rather ribald, isn't it?

Is there such a thing as too many rhetorical questions?

Anyway, I should run. I'm keen to jump into the stereotypes comments, but don't have time at the moment (plus they're not loading properly on this computer). Later.