Sunday, May 2, 2010

The New Car



Well, Ted is now finally back from his field work with no plan to leave for a while. It has been good to get to explore our new city together.

The first weekend he was back we ended up buying a car. We bought a 2005 Honda Accord Euro, the same color as our old Civic. The Accord Euro is actually quite similar to a civic, the back looks like a civic and the front looks like an accord. The engine is larger than our civic as well. Ted was really excited about the rims, they do look cool but I am not sure I understand the excitement.

We took the photo of the car from the peninsula across the bay from downtown Wellington. The downtown portion of the city is fairly compact. It is split up into two main parts, the business district, where my office is, and the social district with the bars and cafes. You can walk across the main business district in less than 20 minutes and the main social district in 20 minutes more. From there the suburbs spread out in all directions.

With the car we can continue to explore Wellington and the surrounding area. We found a cool beach the other day, down a long narrow road. Most of the roads here are quite narrow, some not even wide enough for two cars to pass, making it kind of nerve raking to drive, especially in our own car.

Sorry for taking so long to post again, keep checking back and I will try to update you more often.

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  1. UnknownMay 3, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    Wow, you guys really went off the board on the new car.....it's waaaaaaaaaaay different from the old one.....and by way different I mean it's got the steering wheel on the other side and a front license plate. You'll never miss it in the parking lot! Sounds like all is well in NZ, keep in touch. Biking season came early this year, trails are great. Hockey's not the same without you, Ted....take care.

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  2. betsyMay 14, 2010 at 3:51 AM

    I enjoyed how much the previous comment is like mine would be. Perhaps we could say that you really know what you like and you 'still like it a lot' . Looks like a beauty though. Noticed yesterday just how many different ways there are to be a red car these days, as we have one too. Would be interesting to see what the colours are named. garnet, ruby, merlot, jeweltone. How is it to drive backwards?

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