8 Days until departure

So, time is ticking down until I leave. I drove down to Wilmington today after taking photos around downtown Winston-Salem last night with my friend Nathan. I got down this afternoon and played some softball (well, hit some balls). I took some pictures as well- maybe I will put them up soon on beachguise.com.
What is today's topic, you ask? Well, the answer is simple:

New Zealand money, of course!



I got some from the bank the other day. It is colorful and actually quite beautiful, as you can see. Each bill has a famous person on one side, while the other side has a different bird- I assume they are all native birds from the country. The bills, if you look closely, have a clear plastic oval on the left, and a clear plastic leaf in the bottom right. I assume this is a security feature. What you see are all the denominations- there are no single bills- those are covered by coins, which I don't currently own.

For those of you who don't know:
New Zealand uses NZD, or New Zealand Dollars. One USD buys almost 2 NZD, but this does not neccesarily mean your money goes twice as far over there like someone from the UK might think about coming to America.

I will be in Wilmington until Saturday morning, when I will go back up to W-S to finalize my packing and everything else for my departure in just over a week. Tomorrow we will talk about a particular camera 'company' I love to hate, and maybe about some facts about NZ!