Anna Krake berichtet: März 2013

Sonntag, 24. März 2013

Dubai

Dubai besteht hauptsächlich aus Autos und 5-Sterne-Hotels. Der Jetlag macht es nicht schöner - Fabian konnte seinen Namen jedenfalls nicht mehr korrekt buchstabieren (s. Bild). Die Krake macht gut mit.

Dienstag, 19. März 2013

Auckland & city gallery

Main Quotes

"It's a system!" (Fabian)
"Herbert is FUN!" (to Anna, when she complains and gets Herbert to play with)
"Where are the keys?" (Fabian to Agnes or vice versa, permanently, all day long)
"Is it STILL too hot?" (A to F or vv before feeding milk to Anna)
"Anna Popanna eat your banana, you're a Fun-Anna!" (just randomly to Anna)
"Anna, today is a fun day!" (almost every day to Anna)
"Changing fun!" (with the melody of Rainin' Men, and when changing Annas diaper)
"Stuck inside a campervan with Anna Krake again" (with melody of Bob Dylan's 'Stuck inside a mobile with the Memphis blues again')
"Anna, where did you put your dummy AGAIN?!"

Things we (dis)liked in NZ

We liked...
- Kiwis (people & animal)
- Wekas, all ducks (esp. Fabian), the cats on the campingsites, Tuataras, geckos, seals, penguins
- landscapes in Akaroa, Milford Sound, West coast, Abel Tasman, the Catlins (only Agnes), Northland w Kauri trees
- towns like Christchurch, Oamaru, Invercargill (only Fabian: he even made a song about it: "Invercargill - pearl of the Tasman sea"), Queenstown, Picton, Wellington, Coromandel
- the white chocolate
- scrambled eggs with beans
- Agnes: the fact that you always get a pot of tea (instead of just one cup)
- Latte (esp. Fabian)
- the L&P-lemonade (esp. Fabian)
- the Calippo Mix Cola/Lemon icecream
- the iSites (awesome)
- almost all top10 holiday parks
- that lots of people liked Anna so much!
- Fabian: almost all bugers I had were great
- Agnes liked the Pinot noir
- fish'n'chips
- organic Coke (Fabian)

We didn't like...
- some prices (went horribly up in just 3 years)
- signs like "keep NZ tidy" and NO dustbins around
- sandflies... kept biting us from the west coast on
- Agnes: salads were poor

END STATISTICS

Numbers of kilometers driven: 6301 (that is 3669 on the south and 2632 on the north island)
Numbers of ... seen / done
- live Kiwis: 7 (Fabian +3 on a very cool night tour through Kauri forrest)
- dead possums on the street: 100+
- bungee jumps: 2
- skydives: 2
- Bob Dylan songs known before: 0, after: 30+
- times Anna pissed inside the campervan: 2
- pictures taken: approx. 1800