Day 38; Saturday Feb. 12, 2011
I Lied… I thought last blog we’d be going to Oban, but I missed our actual next stop. Dunedin is situated at the head of Otago Harbour and has a Scottish flavor. It is the home of Cadbury Chocolates. Archeologists believe it was a multi moa-hunter site around 1100 ACE. Captain James Cook spotted penguins and seals in this area. The area was settled by Scotts and founded as Dunedin (Du`n E`ideann), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh.
We arrived on the one day of the year when the townspeople put on a major street festival. It went on for blocks and blocks and so many people you could hardly move among them. There must have been a 1,000 or more booths or stalls. I was surprised to see how green and lovely this place is. More vegetation here than at our last stop. I’m reminded of the Northwest. Later, Pat
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