Well, I've been trying to keep my RinkForum meeting posts, and my LiveJournal posts separate from each other, but the nature of the time I've spent with Brunnen-G, and the things we've done makes that tricky, so you should go read my LJ (link below) for details on what we've done.

But a few important points:

BG is one of the coolest people it's ever been my privilege to spend time with.

Roads in New Zealand come in two varieties: 2-lane, sealed and probably called "motorway"; and 1-lane, unsealed, clinging to the edge of a mountain, and most likely a "major road".

Either Britian used New Zealand as a mental institute once, or there's something in the water that addles men's minds. Everyone here seems to spend years building a castle out of plywood and calling it "Pamela", or some such.

We explored Hobbiton! Yay us!

We saw the world's largest corrogated iron dog (complete with light-up nostrils), and a huge steel trout with an illuminated tail. We made a hot spa pool on the beach, and walked beside lakes of boiling acid. We made butterscotch lollypops, and admired glowing maggot excreta.

All in all, I've had a great deal of fun here, and I'll be sorry to leave. But BG wants her front room back, and Cat wants to have the airbed all to herself, so I guess I have to go.

winter"No more RinkMeetings until Oslo..."mute