New Zealand Merlot

I mentioned recently that I won a bottle of wine in a tombola at Wolfie's school. A red wine, a Merlot from New Zealand. The one from Oyster Bay. I rarely drink red wine anymore, because it makes me sneeze as if I had a severe cold. And it gives me headaches. And also, it makes me thirsty. Well, I had the bottle pretty much all by myself, drank it in a few days, and I survived. I sneezed a bit the first night, then I was okay. So moral of the story: I can drink red wine again. I'm glad, because I always loved red wine, in spite of all the pain and suffering it gave me.

New Zealand's self-deprecating humour

My Kiwi colleague, who once made us discover a funny video about airline safety, gave us today a link about "The 25 Hardest Things About Living in New Zealand". I found it very funny and I have decided to share it on this blog. I am sure you can find on the internet many other self-deprecating pieces of humour, but there is something about self-deprecating Kiwi humour.

Hobbits airlines safety

This is the first English post of November. A quick one because I feel deflated. I was feeling very bluesy today, with Halloween being over and all. At work I have a Kiwi colleague and she showed us an advert/airplane safety instructions from Air New Zealand. I don't want to spoil any punch, but it features a certain mythical place featured in a classic book, which came to life in a certain trilogy of movies made by a certain Kiwi director in New Zealand. What else? Oh yes, there is a small nod at Dungeons & Dragons. In any case, it is irresistible and by far the coolest, most entertaining safety instructions I ever watched.