I went mountain biking while camping at Albert Town with my friend Krissi. The weather was terrific and there were great views of the Hawea river.
Year: 2013
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Climbing trees
I went to visit Bret and Jaydee whilst back in Dunedin. Bret was in the process of building a kick butt tree house for the kids. I hadn’t climbed a tree in a very long time. Lack of flexibility with age hasn’t exactly improved my ability to clamber up trees, but I eventually popped out onto a sweet little platform constructed up in the tree top 🙂

Bret showing off his tree high craftsmanship skills 
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Caffeine Free Coke
Hmmm, so apparently you can get the full sugar version too …

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Setninger for stripen
Jeg er stinkene! Skal jeg vasker meg i morgen? Ja, jeg synes det er god ide.
Au fy fæn! Det er veldig kaldt!
Jeg er så sexy i morgen 🙂
Hvor mye øl ha jeg i går? Det er en veldig pen jente i kjøkken!
Ha ha. Du var veldig drukket i går!
Hun skal vaske mine glassene 🙂
Han tro jeg skal vaske sin glassene! Men jeg skal går til min kjæreste.
Dra til helvete! (male) Hva? Oh! Ses i kveld! -
Ross Creek Reservoir
During my visit to Dunedin, I went to check out the Ross Creek Reservoir which I had heard was drained due to earthquake damage. Thankfully the lake is still there, it’s just a little lower than it was in the past. I was expecting a hideous mud bog to remain, but the reservoir is still a pleasant place to visit.
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Sophienkirche
I stumbled across this rather plain looking church by accident. I had noticed a ridiculously large number of bullet holes riddling the building beside it, so walked around to try and figure out what it was for. It turned out that this church beside it was the place where Martin Luther King Jr had famously presented a sermon in 1964. The USA government did not want him to travel to East Germany and so had stripped him of his passport, but the USA border guards allowed him through despite this, and he proceeded to pack out a full church for a sermon. After that success, he followed it up with a second sermon at this church (called Sophienkirche).
I never figured out what happened in the building beside it, but I’m guessing there was some sort of battle between the Soviet and German soldiers there in 1945.













