Some people have noticed that a bunch of my LOTR quotes (titles for my blog) come from The Two Towers (The seconds LOTR film). Because I have been relaxing in Dunedin I don’t really have any significant quotes to my adventures. Well at least the quotes I want to use. Looking back I don’t think I’ve used any quotes from Return Of The King. Ok after writing all of that I made myself curious as to how many quotes are from each film. Funny enough I have 6 from The Fellowship Of The Ring and 6 from The Two Towers. HA HA!
I have a list on my computer with the quotes I would like to use and all of them are from the first two movies. No Return of The King quotes. As such I would be fun if you guys gave me your favorite quotes from the 3rd film. Leave a comment, email me, iMessage, or Facebook the quote.
Now let’s talk about Elves. In The Hobbit, Brett McKenzie, Orlando Bloom, and Evangeline Lilly will be playing Elves. So it would be “Sweet As Bro” (it’s a Kiwi thing) if I got to be in a scene with them, or even just meet them.
Enough about movies. Thursday late afternoon I finally got the bus pass people to give me my refund. I have multiple credit cards and the one I used to buy the bus pass with just randomly got put on hold, Thanks Visa. As such I gave them another one to have the money put back onto. The amount of the refund paid off this credit cards balance so that was exciting. Now I don’t have to worry about paying that one while I’m here and I have some extra credit on it. The only thing that was exciting about Thursday night is that we got pizza. Mine was stuffed crust from Pizza Hut.
Friday was another relaxing day. Skype, movies, sitting in the sun. Friday night I went to a rugby match. Some of you may know that New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup in November 2011 on home soil. Pretty much on the same level as us winning Gold medal hockey at home.
The stadium in Dunedin was built especially for the RWC. It is the only closed/roofed stadium in New Zealand. I was with Dan. Anna’s brother. It was a huge stadium with no empty seats. It was a big game because it was The Highlanders (Dunedin) vs (Auckland) Blues. The Blues are usually the favorite but The Highlanders were doing much better this year. It was also the ANZAC day game. Before kick-off there was a service for all the WW1 & 2 troops. The game was pretty good but the atmosphere is really what made it memorable. At NHL level hockey games you’ll see maybe a small group of students up in the nose bleeds doing their thing. The games are catered more to regular fans, kids, and business people. Not the same for Rugby. There is actually a full seating area just for students. It’s called the zoo and it’s located behind the “end zone” area. It was full. The thing to do on a friday night is go to the game then continue partying.
It was really cool to see some of the All Blacks play. When I was watching I could tell they were playing or in possession of the ball because the way they move and react is much different from the other players on the field. One guy we saw was Ma'a Nonu AKA Predator.
Everyone knows that rugby is a physically demanding sport. The crowd gets really excited over good tackles. Getting hit by one of these guys would kill me, and probably most people. Some guy tried to block a runner and got demolished!! He was stiff armed and pushed back like 6ft. It was insane. There were a few other really good tackles with guys being airborne and smashed to the ground and closed lined. These guys are definitely tough.
There weren’t many trys in the game. But when one happened the crowd went wild. I was told that NZ and other polynesian countries prefer running the ball in to drop kick goals. Both teams played well and the final 10 minutes were intense. The Highlanders held their 3 point lead till the end of the game. Epic win and the crowd went wild.
(My camera fell out of my pocket in the car, so I had to use my phone camera. Check out the game highlights.)
Saturday and Sunday I was suppose to go with the gang on a tramp in the Silverpeaks. Unfortunately I was feeling really shitty and the air is getting really dry so I opted out for safety reasons. There is no cell service in the mountains and yeah if things went bad. They only would have got worse. What made me decide not to go was the walk home from the rugby match. We had to walk up a relatively steep hill and it was didn’t go as well as a few days ago when I did it. Oh well. Safety first.
The gang got back today and I asked them how the tramp was. After hearing their reactions it was a good call I opted out. Bretts feet are torn to shreds and the rest of them said the inclines were pretty intense. They were sweating and panting which for me would have been dehydration and passing out
Tuesday night we went to The Avengers midnight show. It won’t be coming to North America until May 4th so HA HA. I had an awesome time at the movie and would encourage everyone to see it. Brett and a few other people we were with hadn’t seen the previous films and walked out enjoying the film. Joss Whedon wrote an amazing script and pulled everything together nicely. I’ll probably see it again in the next few days lol
Wednesday was ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) day. It is the equivalent of Remembrance day in Canada. Being such everything was closed. We wanted to go to the dawn service at 6am but The Avengers assisted in not letting us achieve that goal. It was a relaxing day. We eventually ventured out to the cafe and got some eats.
That night I went with Brett to his parents for family dinner. It was a nice feeling to relax in a “parents” house and enjoy a home cooked meal. Mrs. Garrick made an excellent meal and the best part was Brett and I got to take the left overs home. During dinner we discussed the next stage of my trip. And so here it is.
On Sunday evening Mrs. Garrick will be driving me up to Christchurch. I will probably stay there for a few days then take the TranzAlpine Train across to Greymouth. Supposedly it is one of the greatest train rides. My first thought was ok, a great train ride. Must be quite lengthy. Nope maybe 4 hours. I SPEND MORE TIME ON THE TRAIN FROM OTTAWA TO TORONTO!!!
Anyways. With my travels recommencing on Sunday, my internet and communication accessibility will be back to limited. Probably more limited because on the west coast there are no cities and they are quite isolated. It’s a mining and forestry area in the mountains. Don’t worry it’s only for five and a half more weeks.
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