Palmerston North

Palmerston North blog post by Story of Bing

Mom and I made a deliberate detour to Palmerston North in New Zealand because a couple of our best friends have purchased a house there recently. I was given the impression that it was a farmhouse and they had sheep as pets, so I had prepped Mom for a few days of possibly no wifi and lots of manure in this obscure little city. No one I know has ever been to Palmerston North. It’s one of those places that no one goes to, not even the people who have lived here for 20 years. There was supposedly nothing there and definitely no tourism worth raving about. Life is, as always, full of (lovely) surprises. The city centre of Palmerston North was like any ordinary small quiet city in New Zealand, but just a few minutes outside of it was acres and acres of gorgeous landscape. THIS was the view from our friends’ house. Yes, I looked at this every day, while sipping coffee or wine in...

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