journey1-007b.jpgThis morning we made a short trip from Auckland southeast to Rotorua, stopping briefly at Matamata, the tiny township where the hobbit village from the Lord of the Rings movies is located. On our way into town, we stopped at the Agrodome to catch their afternoon show. In an hilarious mixture of entertainment and information about New Zealand agriculture, we were able to see and compare the appearance and fleeces of nineteen different breeds of New Zealand rams.

One of our group couldn‘t resist the lure of the “Zorb” that we passed on our way to the Agrodome and with everyone’s admiration, rolled and bumped down a zigzag luge-like course inside a giant plastic bubble!