Time to catch your breath!

You know it is time for a little reflection when you can't remember what day it is, the date or where you were yesterday! Yes, it is Barb here just catching up. The campsite here in Invercargill is quiet, we have just had Stew's delicious spaghetti and all is well in the world. In fact, having been used to watching CNN constantly for every nuance of news at home, here we catch a headline on the BBC website and that's it! So you can really feel quite peaceful, sort of out of this world. Thus, not remembering the date etc.

Remember all the places we have been to here in New Zealand are places most holidaymakers spend a week or more enjoying, meanwhile we are off to the next treat down the road. So, today we ambled along the Southern Scenic Route and planned our catch-up day! We are staying at a series of campsites called Top Ten. Fabulous facilities - really great showers, areas to BBQ in, washing machines, cable internet connections, TV lounge - you get the picture. Today we tried out the washing machines and dryers.

But, first we discovered another Woolworths - hurray. Not quite Wegmans or Sainsburys, but getting there if you have been in the rainforests for the last few days. So of course we stocked up on English muffins, peanut butter and mince and wine for the spaghetti.

So, quite mellow, the washing up and the laundry done and ... yes, it is coming to me now, it is Tuesday where I am, the 13th of January and we have been away 19 days - amazing. Our blog can only give a glimpse of this wonderful journey.

PS. No picture again because the signal is not strong enough to download one onto the Blog, maybe tomorrow - we have lots we would have liked to show you. Also, we still cannot get emails on my U3A email address - don't know why, but in the meantime, please send emails to us on: stewart.lewis2@ntlworld.com we always can get them that way.

PPS Just when I was abandoning hope of the picture, here it is! And buoyed by the success, we've added pics to the Milford and Doubtful Sound blogs.