Saturday, May 9, 2009

Moving Right Along



While staying in the lovely adobe house, we had a number of people contact us with offers of house sitting.  Rumors of Kiwi kindness and generosity are not exaggerated.  We feel so lucky to live in a part of New Zealand that is not just physically beautiful, but also full of people who are so wonderful and caring.

We ended up accepting an offer to house sit for some previous employers of mine.  They are in Europe until September and have generously allowed us to rent their house until they get back.  

Mike and Britta are lovely people who live an amazing life.  Mike invented a game called Tantrix, which sells all over the world.  You can play it online at their website.  Apparently, their house was partially inspired by the colors of this game, but also by their love of rock climbing.  The house has incredibly high ceilings and incredible views, but the most outstanding feature is the two story rock climbing room!

Burgess likes to climb up two or three meters and 
launch himself off onto the mattresses below.  Greg makes it about one meter off the ground and decides that is high enough for him.  (Keep in mind his feet may only be one meter high, but because he is so tall, his head is three meters up!)  I climb occasionally, but get nervous if I get over two meters up.

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