Talking Kiwi

Kia Ora! Only seven weeks until I drive to Chicago and fly out with the Northern Illinois Friendship Force group to see The Land of the Long White Cloud, the Kiwis, their neighbor across the ditch, Oz  and the Aussies. As I will be spending about four other weeks traveling on my own in NZ, I've been concentrating on learning the local lingo. Here's a sample:

I'll get amongst it and have a fair go at shopping to make my own feed. Although I'm not a big fan of vegees, I'll need to remember to buy some kapsicum, courgette, beetroot and kumara at the dairy to stay healthy on the footpath. They'll help me feel chocka block, too. On the rare dining out occasion, I need to know what's available in the piecart, the difference between a nappie and a serviette, and what  flat white, smoko, bangers, tea, cuppa, chook, cheerios, chippies, chips, marrow, pavlova, pikelets, fizzy drinks and bubble and squeak are. I might sink a few there with the feed or just do take-away. I hope to give a pass to the milkbar most days as I'd like to stay tidy for the track and in my togs!

I'll be taking a few tramps on tracks in the bush so I'll need a warm jersey and gumboots. I won't be wearing jandals! Taking along some good feed and lollies, I might be clapped out, but will try not to whinger about the mozzies (which are the unofficial bird of NZ). If I tramp hard and don't stuff up, I won't be using much sticking plaster either.

All in all, at the end of the trip, I hope I'll have given it a fair go and arrive back in the US home and hosed!
Ta for taking the time to read this!