CULTURE SHOCK?

Not really suffering from culture shock at all, although we are suffering from withdrawals from how readily available things are in NZ. Here if you want something you have to walk or get on your bike a ride into town to get it, that is of course if they havent just sold
out of what you wanted. That happens all the time.

Here in an idea of what the cost of things are there.
Butter comes in a can (made in NZ) and costs about $8-10! Its not even a kg.
A big packet of chips ranges from $7-12.
A box of corn flakes $8.
A tiny tub of ice cream $3 if you want 2 ltrs of ice cream be prepared to pay $15-20.
1kg of tomato sauce $6.
250grms of pasta $3.
We bought meat the other day. We got 2 tiny packets of schnitzel and 2 packs of mince a small roast and it cost just over $50!!

So you can imagine we are trying not to eat too much meat but you have to get iron from somewhere as buying green veges here is almost impossible. (Not that I would eat them anyway) mmmm such a lack of things green, what a shame! He he he.
Lobster however is in season and you can get a pound of fresh tails for $10. That’s great. But we still don’t eat much of that either.

Rice and beans seem to be the main meals here or beans and rice which is actually something completely different. However I have no idea what you do with the beans!

No movie theatres, no Tv, no radio, no malls, no coffee shops, no aircon, no car, nothing like that. What we do have is no stress, no hurrying, no time frames, time, lobster, laughing kids, friendly people and millions of bible studies, so really what more could you ask for?