New Zealand Honeymoon || Queenstown Wine Tasting and Timaru Penguins

[@scottsteel2334]

As you were filming the wayward mouse while waiting on the great penguin event, it brought back memories of a trip to Niagara Falls I took with my family. As we where walking across the bridge I noticed a raccoon in broad daylight looking for food on the side of the river. As we looked and took pictures a sizable crowd of people surrounded us to see the raccoon. One of the seven wonders of the world was right before us and a plain every day raccoon was capturing everyone's attention!

[@JenniferMabus]

I wonder what it is that is so fascinating about little creatures like that?

[@owenfrederick1453]

I think I’m first again!! Great video babe. :)

[@JenniferMabus]

Owen Frederick You’re such a nerd babe.

[@Jimbo-pm1dp]

Lol...you kill me Jen....fun vid kiddo...always like your updates...stay safe !!

[@gtestastretta1]

Good on ya Owen, you’re great supporter of your wife. Champion mate.

[@JenniferMabus]

@@gtestastretta1 He really is!

[@ghc26]

Love your stories! Teeem...🤣😂 He’s a good human, never felt the need to correct you, but I would having been laughing so hard had I heard it in person. And, OMGOODNESS, those penguins! When I saw the thumbnail, I waited until I had enough time to be able to sit and enjoy your video! You never disappoint! You guys make the cutest couple, such a good “teeem”! 💕 I hope life after your epic honeymoon has been good to you! XO’s

[@JenniferMabus]

You are the absolute sweetest. Thank you so very much.

[@ghc26]

💜💜💜

[@christinewinterton7111]

Those little penguins have really loud voices, they squawk all the time, if they live under your house they keep you awake and there is always that smell! Thanks for showing this.

[@JenniferMabus]

Thanks for letting me know. It sounded so sad! Hahah

[@althrox]

Saw penguins in the title and got excited to see your reaction to them! Loving this series, thanks for sharing.

[@JenniferMabus]

THEY WERE SO CUTE!!

[@davewilson4058]

Your (Teeem) story made me laugh. There is a book sold here and in Australia called, LE'S TORK STRINE and one funny anecdote I remember, concerned a famous author book signing in Sydney, (or Seedney if you prefer) and a customer standing in line when asked her name said EMMA CHISIT. The author dutifully wrote in the flyleaf of the book, TO MY GOOD FRIEND EMMA CHISIT,. The woman looked quite put out and slowly and in a loud voice said, NO, I- SAID- HOW- MUCH- IS- IT?

[@JenniferMabus]

HAHAHAHAHA OMG OMG that is amazing.

[@rkatrails]

Enjoying something a little different everyday. Wine, cheese, penguins, topped off with a lovely quiet porch after sunset.

[@JenniferMabus]

So amazing!

[@robinmills5827]

So glad you got to Timaru for penguin o'clock. Hope you weren't too hungry and that the cat didn't 'help' you with dinner. I like that you didn't buy wine when had to pay for the tasting! Exactly how I feel. I love Gibbston's Blanc de Pinot Noir - a dark rose. We bought some in Arrowtown to take home but it had 'evaporated' before we left Central Otago🤣. I'm sorry the honeymoon is nearly over and hoping you have some more adventures to keep your fans entertained over your summer, our winter.

[@JenniferMabus]

I wish we could have kept the honeymoon going as well! But I have some fun plans coming up. :)

[@MsHGH1]

Ha! Just to confuse the issue, in Maori i's are pronounced more like 'ee' so your first pronunciation of 'Tim' is, strictly speaking, actually more correct for 'Timaru', though almost no-one actually says it like that :)

[@ScenicSouthNZ]

I was also going to say if you said "Teemaru" it would be the correct pronunciation in Maori

[@JenniferMabus]

Thank you for helping me out! I wish I would have known all this BEFORE hahah oh well

[@shaungordon9737]

@@JenniferMabus Nah, most non-Maori pronounce it like you do so you said it correct, just not the 'official Maori way'.

[@erik_ludwig]

#TeamStarburst (PS- I like Walla Walla, WA and Willamette Valley, OR wines. Cheers! 🍷)

[@JenniferMabus]

Cheers, Erik! Walla Walla wine is great!

[@johnalden5821]

So, you and "Teem" made a good team, eh? I am sure that most folks there were calling you "Jin-efer," anyway. Kiwis are known for the prominent vowel shift in their accents, particularly short "e" to short "i" so the word "tent" sounds like "tint" to us. And the long "o" sound in Australia has become something like a tripthong, with three distinct components. Kind of cool to hear how the same language has evolved differently over time.

[@JenniferMabus]

It’s very interesting how we all had different accents!! Thankfully Tim “Team” was a great sport. 😂

[@65Adventures]

Good old Timaru I grew up there until I was 17 but still love the place, love the countryside around it with those awesome rolling hills & views of the mountains. The penguins are very cute, really delighted for you that you got to see quite a few, hopefully it made the late meal worth the wait lol. 🙂

[@JenniferMabus]

It was quite beautiful. What a special place to grow up. And yes, the penguins were definitely worth the wait!

[@vinniedayhikerb4977]

Penguin leader..... "Smile and wave boys...Smile and wave"!

[@JenniferMabus]

Hahahaha picturing that is great

[@vinniedayhikerb4977]

@@JenniferMabus I love that movie series!

[@shaungordon9737]

That's how you can tell the difference between a NZ and Australian accent, in words like Tim, Win etc. NZers say it kinda like Americans do, but Australians elongate the i so it sounds like Tiiim or 'Teem'. They also pronounce the 'e' differently to NZers as well. Aside from that, they're very similar. When Australians say 'six', to NZers it sounds like they're say 'sex'. It can cause a bit of funny confusion lol

[@mmatzick]

Interesting video... would never think you'd see penguins in new Zealand... to answer your question... get something like a hotdog or burgers then you can do both.

[@JenniferMabus]

Ya, we were pleasantly surprised by the penguins!

[@mmatzick]

@@JenniferMabus awesome .. seems like they eat very healthy food there.. or do you just order healthy ??

[@scottsteel2334]

By the way, I just had one of those black baby lambs born here today on the farm. So I named her Whim (Wheam) after you.

[@JenniferMabus]

Scott, you MADE MY DAY! This warms my heart so much. Can I sponsor the little lamb? Hahahah

[@scottsteel2334]

@@JenniferMabus Sponsor? I will make a little shirt for her with plenty of space for many sponsors and you can take her hiking with you ~ Whimsical and Whim hike the ........... , two black sheep out to make the world their own could be a captivating headline.

[@JenniferMabus]

She can ride in my pack until she can walk more. 🤣

[@professorsogol5824]

Enjoyed the Little Blue Penguins at Timaru but no peregrine falcons at the winery? And looking back to the PCT, here's a news story about another trekker with whom you may have shared the trail in northern California and Oregon. www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/09/wolf-california-oregon-scientists-endangered-species Do you think you may have seen her tracks?

[@JenniferMabus]

Oh wow! Thank you!!

[@JenniferMabus]

But that is really sad. :(

[@enjoy_being]

Timaru, like Kangaroo haha he was a Tim a roo

[@JenniferMabus]

🤣🤣

[@franrd4254]

Very appropriate is the name of the wine, Peregrinus: "everyone who walks in strange lands". A pity penguins don't have the right to be fed...

[@JenniferMabus]

And a pity you can’t take a penguin home.

[@Cornelu]

Are you the black sheep because you're the "odd one out", or because you are the cutest? ;) Penguins were awesome too.

[@JenniferMabus]

Hahahaah I hope both reasons 🤣

[@ben1NZL]

Well you weren't wrong in the pronunciation Jen - if ur an Aussie lol Also, 'Timaru' is pronounced 'Teemaru' just to add to the confusion 😲 Really gonna miss your weekly updates when you go :(

[@JenniferMabus]

Thanks for following along Ben! It's been so much fun.

[@Paris45627]

Those penguins wouldn’t last at all in china