As Gene and I made our way to our hotel in the small town of Palmerston North, Gene muttered, “Had I known, I would have driven straight through this place.” As we checked in to our hotel, Gene told the woman at the front desk that there must have been an error as we had only booked the room for one night, not two as the confirmation sheet had indicated. The lady, however, reassured us that reservations were made in advance for two nights. Still unconvinced that he would have booked us two nights in some Podunk town, Gene pulled out his laptop, loaded the computer and consulted his calendar. Lucky us. We were stuck in Palmerston North for two nights. Palmerston North is a university town. However, outside of the university, there is nothing much
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