I’ll get to the point straight away: IT’S A RIP! The street markets start about 9am and have the usual NZ market mix of craft and foods. I bought a rather nice salami for $25. I also bought a small badge with a picture of John Key holding Moonbeam the kitten. The vendor then tried [...]
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Hokitika Wild Food Festival
Posted by dkendon on March 11, 2012
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The Final Review
182 days, 16 countries – how does everything compare? Best Country Difficult. Germany was great – historic sites, varied subcultures, cool shopping, former communist and Nazi remains, Trabis, the people are friendly and helpful, most people speak English, good food, and good accommodation. But Britain was similarly cool, had extraordinarily beautiful villages, good and cheap [...]
Posted by dkendon on December 24, 2011
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Providence
Noone in the house was awake before 11.30. We walked out to the Culinary Museum. The adult charge is $8, but the student on the desk put me through as a child ($2). We caught a bus back to town to avoid exhaustion and had a [...]
Posted by dkendon on November 8, 2011
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Caen Day 3
Having heard all sorts of horror stories about using the bus to go to the D-Day beaches I decided to keep my scope limited. However, the tours are good value for what you see. You could go to one beach by bus for €11, but a tour will take you to several and you have [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 12, 2011
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A Day in Paris
It turned out that the campsite was only 4km from the Are de Triomphe, so I ran in. They charge to go under it, so I didn’t. Paris apparently doesn’t get going until 10.30, but the tourists do. There were hundreds everywhere, despite it being a crap day in the off-season. They have a lot [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 12, 2011
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