We did a long weekend trip to visit friends in Verona, WI. With them we did a self-guided tour of the Epic Systems campus in Verona. I had not known anything about Epic, since it is privately-held and its business is medical records. The campus is a beautiful site with lots of unique, quirky decor (and many offices). Visitors can tour the site for free. We were told Epic has about 9,500 employees world-wide, with about 7,500 at the Verona campus.
Our visiting some interesting place in or near Verona has become a pattern. During our previous visit we toured an aquaponics farm owned and operated by our friends' daughter and her husband. The microgreens amazed us. Maybe we will visit the National Mustard Museum the next time.
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Monday, October 23, 2017
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
New Zealand
A vacation in New Zealand is mainly why I have not posted here in 2+ weeks. My wife and I did a 14-day escorted tour of the north and south islands. NZ has lots of beautiful scenery, about 4.5 million human inhabitants, 6 million cows, and 56 million sheep. There are 19 breeds of sheep.
We heard about common brushtail possums. Like the link says, NZ has about 30 million of them (about 70 million several years ago), they aren't native but were introduced there, where they have no natural predators (e.g. coyotes). They differ from the Virginia or North American possums in the USA. Many people in NZ regard them as destructive pests. Some blend their fur with merino wool to make very warm and expensive clothing of incomparable quality and durability.
We heard a lot about rugby, the favorite sport in NZ, and the Maori people. We rode a JetBoat. We saw a few places where scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit movies were filmed, including Hobbiton. We saw glowworms.
A visit to Rutherford's Den was not part of the tour, but we chanced upon this delightful place walking during free time in Christchurch. Ernest Rutherford was born and grew up in New Zealand.
We heard about common brushtail possums. Like the link says, NZ has about 30 million of them (about 70 million several years ago), they aren't native but were introduced there, where they have no natural predators (e.g. coyotes). They differ from the Virginia or North American possums in the USA. Many people in NZ regard them as destructive pests. Some blend their fur with merino wool to make very warm and expensive clothing of incomparable quality and durability.
We heard a lot about rugby, the favorite sport in NZ, and the Maori people. We rode a JetBoat. We saw a few places where scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit movies were filmed, including Hobbiton. We saw glowworms.
A visit to Rutherford's Den was not part of the tour, but we chanced upon this delightful place walking during free time in Christchurch. Ernest Rutherford was born and grew up in New Zealand.
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