Seriously, Kiwis have the weirdest holidays. Last night, November 5th, our Kiwi friends Kieran, Mindy, and Jamal took us out to the Timaru beach to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. For those not up on their British history, Guy Fawkes worked with a group of terrorists in the 1600s to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But he failed. So naturally, the Kiwis decided to create an entire unofficial holiday to celebrate this failed attempt. It was like a psuedo 4th of July here.
I can't say that the fireworks display was anything close to a BABC display but it was still fun. We taught the Kiwis how to look dumb while watching fireworks (Mouths open, stare at the sky and do a lot of "oooo"s, and "ahhhh"s). We also ran around with sparklers like small children.
The next few days in Timaru are going to be fairly hectic. We have plans to go skeet shooting, golfing, visit our friend's farm, and go up to Christchurch for a night.
4 days to Australia....
Oh and yesterday I found Mexican-ish food. We gave it a C+. Definitely no Tito's but it'll do for now.
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