Milford Sound

We went to a grocery store & got salad stuff for dinner. Mom was surprised at the differences between it and an American store. Some differences we noted:
- ham ham ham. the ONLY deli meat. no turkey in NZ
- meusli meusli meusli - no normal cheerios (which are made by "Uncle Toby's")
- odd sausages
- "capsicums" (peppers) are 16$/kg!

I have forced Mom to stay in a hostel with me as a sort of cruel social experiment. :-) She's doing great! She was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness - and we had fun cooking in the big kitchen with all the other residents.

Today we did Milford Sound. It was rainy, but apparently it is always rainy (200 days of rainfall/year). It kind of added to the mystery of the place - the peaks were cloaked with mist and shadows. We took a boat ride from the dock out to the Tasman Sea & back. Lots of waterfalls, dramatic peaks, GREEN, and one fur seal.

Pictures have been added!

Also - we went to see Shutter Island last night at the movie theatre in town. It was another really cool theatre - this one was more of a classy wine bar/cafe, where you could bring your drinks into the theatre, and the seats were all huge comfy armchairs with little trays attached. It, like the other theatre I went to, had an intermission. Not sure if just these two theatres are like this, or all NZ theatres are...