views of Dunedin and from the Peninsular

When we arrived in Dunedin it was getting dark and we drove into the city centre, parked the car and walked to the Octagon...on the way we noticed a hotel (well we actually parked the car next to it!)
So we walked in and asked how much and did they have heated rooms......Heat Matters!

They replied yes, heaters and also Electric blankets on each bed, with dual control....to all UK readers...Electric blankets are a BIG thing in New Zealand, the last time I'd seen one was as a kid stopping over at my nana Harrisons. She didnt have central heating, and had Electric blankets. When people say New Zealand is like the UK in the 50's and 60's they don't mean that they have black and white TV's and bad fashion...no they mean the Houses and the Heating systems.....although I think its all starting to change now, what with Electric Heat Pumps (a bit like an air conditioning system that does both hot and cold) but they still have open fires, log burners etc.....and why not they have loads of wood and they sure kick some heat out...oops getting off track here....can you tell that being Warm is a priority!....now where was I?

oh yeah- the Peninsular....

We drove out to drive up the peninsular to Portobello........a very long drive, we turned back half way as I said there was no way I was going to consider living so far up a hill, the roads would be terrible in the freezing winters.

But the few views we did see mean that we are definately going to come back to Dunedin in the summer for a holiday and visit the places we didn't see.