a new point

We're gone from North to South. Left Wellington, packed even more stuff into the car, got on the ferry, and drove most of the way down the east coast of the South Island, stopping in Dunedin.
Dunedin seems a nice enough place - it's New Zealand's version of a college town. About 100,000 population along with 20,000 Otago University students. We haven't had a chance to see if those students actually give the town any life; since arriving on Tuesday we've mostly been holed up in bed trying to shake colds which have plagued us for a week now. We're also doing a bit of cleaning in exchange for free beds at a hostel. That's the reason we ended up in Dunedin: we didn't have any real idea on where to go, and this was where we found free accommodation.
What I can tell, however, is it's an interesting city visually. It was founded by Scottish settlers in the 1800s, and there are plenty of big, imposing, European stone buildings around town. It's also built on shoreline hills - Dunedin claims the world's steepest street (which I haven't seen yet). And outside of town is the large Otago peninsula, home to the world's only mainland Albatross colony (if you consider New Zealand a mainland) as well as two kinds of penguin, one the world's rarest, sea lions, seals, and all sorts of other things to look at.
It's not the first time we've passed through this town. Dunedin is actually where we spent Christmas. Five months ago, the town was cold, grey, and our car broke down. Now it's cold but sunny, and our car is working so far.
(knock on wood)