Invercargill

Our wake up call was 2 am this morning!  We ran to the lounge, got the key the owner had slipped under the mat for u, and switched on the television to watch the Netherlands play Brazil in the world cup.  The Netherlands won 2-1 WOOO!  That was exciting!!  After a few more hours of sleep we drove to Invercargill and had coffee in the world's southern most Starbucks.  We also went to E. Hayes and Sons hardware store where we saw the "World's Fastest Indian" motorcycle on display.  At 68 years old in 1967, Burt Monro set the world record for the fastest Indian motorcycle.  It went 305.89 km/h (190.07 mph).  I still need to watch the movie about it!

World's Fastest Indian

Baldwin Street

After our stop in Invercargill, we drove along a scenic route to Dunedin, the second largest city on the South Island, and home to to New Zealand's first University, the University of Otago.  The name comes from Dùn Èideann, the Scottish Gealic name for Edinburgh, Scotland, and it was made to emulate Edinburgh.  Here we walked around, saw the Robert Burns statue, and a piper!  We went to the famous old Dunedin Railway Station and the world's steepest residential street (Baldwin Street).  It was sooooo steep that the sidewalk turned into stairs and I was out of breath by the time we reached the top.  We didn't dare to drive our campervan up it!  We had a great view from the top and it was fun running down it.