I took these photos of some of the houses so that you can see what they look like. They are really different from NZ houses.
Houses are usually detached or semi-detached (shares one wall with another house). Chris and Cristina live in a semi-detached which is probably what we would refer to as a townhouse.
In the afternoon we went for a lovely walk around the neighbourhood. This picture is of Chris and Jesse in front on their house. Also shown here is the family's extremely reliable biological security system Zorra. She's the most beautiful mini schnauser who is very lively. She barks whenever anyone comes to the door. For the first couple of days she barked at us every time she saw us but as you can see, she has come to terms with us being in her home and even let Jesse take her walking.
Zorra
We went to the park which was at a school - interesting school, had no fences around it. They were talking about the hill at the school which turned out to be a mound of dirt - we know what hills really are!
It's just so flat here and it's lovely to get out and walking. The weather is lovely too. We eat outside at every opportunity. No wind!!!! The food doesn't blow away.
In Canada they have this thing called "Winter". Wait about six months and you will REALLY appreciate the fact than Canadians know how to build a real house.
ReplyDeleteThese boxes on dirt they sell in New Zealand for astronomical sums have always puzzled me. Kiwis apparently don't mind spending half the year shivering because they figure there is little risk of freezing to death. And they don't mind spending moonbeams for the privilege.
I reckon I could airlift two real houses from Canada for about the same price I could build one here from scratch. But I have no use for the second house.