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oh my goodness New Zealand is known as

one of the world's most scenic countries

and what better way to see it than by

train in fact Sitting In First Class

with a glass of sparkling wine kind of

train is there any better way to travel

we're about to ride two trains and a

ferry over 2 days to take us from the

south island to the top of the North

Island gosh that's gorgeous welcome to

Downey live and we're starting this

morning on the south island in Christ

Church so welcome aboard kiwi rail one

of the great journeys of New Zealand all

right morning morning we all set we're

all set perfect fantastic 14 just the

table on the right hand side and one of

us thank you perfect and I am riding

today with my old friend Seb do you want

the window seat or the aisle seat you

get the window it's too nice look at

this wow look at the detailing on the

ceiling this is our menu for the trip

and you can see where some of the local

ingredients have come from so including

the butter the cheese the lamb the

mushrooms

all from the island here here we go 2

minutes early that never happens that

doesn't happen in

Canada our journey starts by rolling

past parking lots and warehouses but

pretty quickly we get up to speed and

are offered a hot towel to freshen up

that's

okay thank you very

much this is a warm welcome isn't it it

is very warm and moist oh my one thing I

want you to notice listen how quiet it

is that's pretty good and it's not long

before I see why this is called one of

the world's most scenic train rides

beautiful but we're going to have to

stop looking out the window for a minute

because breakfast is served breakfast

starts with a spinach feta loaf sounds

delicious yeah looks delicious that's

really nice and this butter we know

where it came from thanks to the map

where was again where was it this is a

full service train experience and

there's nothing I like more than eating

on board a train at full speed thank you

so much you're welcome oh beautiful

cheers Mike

cheers a good coffee all right now we're

off to a good start oh yeah now the

views out the window at this point are

exactly what you'd expect in New Zealand

an abundance of sheep and lamb as well

as a few Vineyards which I'm looking

forward to trying a little later on but

as comfortable as it is to sit here and

enjoy it all Seb has a better idea all

right should we check out the deck oh

yeah oh yeah there's a deck at the back

of the train is an outdoor deck space

which is great for three reasons one it

gives you room to walk around and

stretch your legs on board two you can

get some fresh air throughout the day

and three it's better for photos as you

don't get any glare from Windows and you

can see the whole train ahead of you as

we go around corners

and look at this

backdrop we have only been on the train

for an hour or so so far and I'm told

it's only going to get better now it's

not all just green fields and Rolling

Hills there are bridges

too

holy okay New Zealand's turning up for

us right now now Seb and I have come

back to our seats because it's it's time

for second breakfast more food waiting

for my coffee to eat this in combination

dip

yeah these Green Hills are so peaceful

like this is a very calming train ride

wait I just saw a hobbit you saw a

hobbit now is a good time for a bathroom

tour oh that's cool I thought it would

slide in rotates look at that okay right

away for accessibility this is huge this

is

awesome cool now the trick with these

you have to remember to lock the door

otherwise someone can open it from

outside good this is absolutely huge

it's not that fancy but it

works but I will give them extra credit

cuz I this is the coolest bathroom door

I've ever

seen look at that

oh the scenery is changing the scenery

is

changing ladies and gentlemen we are

seeing for the first time the ocean for

the next few hours we'll be running

along the east coast with ocean views on

the right hand side while there's still

valleys and mountains on our

left but that's not all there are

tunnels too look at this view look at

this view that's what we came to

see that's what we

oh look at this long tunnel oh there we

go wow it's like the California

coastline this really is one of those

train rides where you don't know where

to look do you watch the train snake

ahead of you take in the ocean or peek

ahead of the snow capped

mountains luckily this train has it all

so you don't really need to decide oh

it's amazing better than way better than

I thought what a

you wow now I thought second breakfast

was a lot but here we are with third

breakfast oh my gosh smoked salmon

poached egg hollay sauce on roasted

potatoes I don't know where to start

with this it's quite a few courses on

today's ride but they're all pretty well

spaced apart and I've said this before

but there really is no better type of

restaurant than one that moves with a

view like this and what a view what a

restaurant View

now whenever we're able to get out and

stretch our legs for a second I always

like to take advantage of it we've

arrived at a train station we can step

off for a minute but we don't want to go

too far what a

view we can come out see the front of

the train which is pretty amazing you

can see this the ocean right there and

the mountains in the background but I

get so anxious that the Train's going to

leave without us so uh I'm just going to

dash back to the

door okay okay

okay as beautiful as this place is I do

not want to be left behind here here we

go where's Seb where's Seb SE Seb oh

they almost left me

there no one waves any you mate everyone

Wes there we go thank

you back to the ocean

news this water looks so turquoise and

tropical it's a incredible I would I

wouldn't have guessed we're in New

Zealand oh my goodness I really don't

know which side to look at we got

mountains on one side and ocean on the

other where the

cows I mean I don't know where else in

the world you can see all of that in one

shot

I mean it's got everything it's even got

highways we spending more time outside

than on extra seats yeah

yeah that is true we're not spending

much time in our seats at all you pay

for your seats but really all you need

is this outdoor car because this is a

Scenic rail experience we booked it to

see the scenery of New Zealand and it

has absolutely delivered so

far just ignore the crazy wind hair I

mean I'm really enjoying it out there

that's the whole point of this so this

is Scenic class and it is very Scenic

they still have the huge Windows they

have a couple of

4x4 tables uh and then the rest of it is

sort of 2 by two seating while Scenic

plus is what we've Chosen and that comes

with higher end food white tablecloth

service and all of

that wow just doesn't stop I thought we

left the co behind but now it's back

this is really incredible I've seen some

fantastic train trips in my life and

this

is this is up there with one of the best

I agree I haven't done as much as you

but and the experience only continues to

get better oh thank you Sasha you're

welcome we are celebrating a 60th

wedding anniversary

congratulations Cheers

Cheers Cheers guys cheers with our new

train friend

yeah is there any better way to travel

than sparkling wine on a train by the

coast I don't think so I don't think so

starting at 9:00 yes

starting and we won't tell you what time

this is right now but let's just say we

haven't had lunch yet now I have to say

these lovely ladies to our left are from

New Zealand and they're friends they

decided to take a train trip together

and seeing this really gives we hope

that maybe seven I still in the future

will be riding trains together at their

age I hope our lunch doesn't come out

too

salty oh my go

oh oh wow ni wild rice and chicken wild

rice and chicken that's thank you so

lovely okay now this is our last meal on

board this

train so we have wild rice with

chicken and New Zealand s Blan from the

region here bon

bon the views never stop they never stop

oh here's a winery could it be could it

be probably not but same region as we

finish our lunch and even a dessert

there's more dessert there's more view

more water Seb do you know why this

dessert reminds me of Canada nope it's

moose

I don't know if I'm making Everyone

likes your puns yeah I don't know if I'm

making friends or losing friends out

here the train is still pulling us along

getting us even closer to the town of

pikon which has just comeing to view now

along with the fery so we're coming into

the town of pikon now which is where

we're going to get off the train and

onto our Ferry for the afternoon I'm

excited for the ferry yeah this is it

this is us us arriving at the

platform cool it's a modern day

turntable

wow I don't know if I've ever seen a

real one like a functional one in real

life before that's so cool thank you bye

bye cute all right now we have to go

find our fairy to go check in let's do

it see you Sasha thanks guys it's nice

to meet you nice to meet you man nice to

meet you enjoy your travels guys you I

think we're looking for a very large

boat now this should be a very easy

connection come out of the train station

we're looking for the inter Islander and

it's right there I see it Mike you sees

it I see it honestly it's it's literally

next door it couldn't be easier yeah 5

minute walk

less oh that was easy wow this looks

like an airport and I like to see that

come on man that is good news little

excitement yeah I know heavy storm thank

you thank so much the timing of the

ferry is set to depart pretty much just

after we arrived by train so we pretty

much just walked straight onto the

ferry oh we're on

board this is a big Ferry the ferry

itself is huge holy cow there's 10

levels where do you want to start

starting to feel like a cruise ship it

does the interior is very spacious with

plenty of indoor seating areas okay this

is

nice nice cafeteria but we just ate on

the train so do you want to sit outside

or inside let's check out how warm it is

outside all right let's go outside

oh it's a heavy Dart it is a perfect day

to be outside but it's not long before

we're pulling out of

pikon and that is it we're off so we're

on the ferry for the next 4 hours

and couldn't be happier yeah heading to

the North Island this is going to be

great gosh it is so pretty here the

water and Landscape here almost looks

tropical at times but it's not quite as

warm as tropical the water look color

looks so nice I want to jump in I don't

really have a lot to say about the ferry

it's a very standard Ferry but we're

here for this and this is

delivering the southern section of this

fery ride has us Meandering along the

toor ranui sound and alongside a few

Islands but eventually we come out to

the open Waters of cook straight this

only happens twice a day passing our

sister ship so there's uh one fairy that

goes out in the morning and obviously

one that goes back in the morning and

then we're on the afternoon one can you

see anyone waving

Seb they waving back are they waving

back well I like to think the people

inside saw me

waving that's enough for me they all

waving Mike yeah yeah I think so yeah

yeah yeah that is the end of the south

island and that is the tip of the North

Island we can already see how much more

populated the north island is in fact

76% of New Zealand residents live on the

North Island and we are pulling in to

the capital of New Zealand the beautiful

city of Wellington there is Wellington

welcome let's head in get ready to

offload see right there

wow all right Wellington we've made it

to Wellington now we have to find our

hotel now the terminal on this side is

being upgraded so there's a temporary

luggage pickup area I'm not sure what

kind of temporary building this is but

an interesting tent Style

it's like an airport luggage area in the

middle of a parking lot just with some

plastic up to keep it

dry it's not beautiful but it all seems

to work and we have our luggage now we

have to get to town let's go find our

hotel luckily they have a solution for

us there is a free shuttle that takes us

to the train station which we're not

catching the train today we are going to

our hotel our train is tomorrow morning

but we're staying not too far away today

was a pretty full day with a train a

ferry and a bus thank you let's check

the map now now we're going to walk to

the hotel yeah do we sharing a room I

don't know I've never seen that's 601

this is 602 and

603 and we're

603 oh okay oh it's nice

oh

perfect separate beds but very close

just the way we like

them but it does come with a view of the

train

tracks okay we only have a few hours

this evening in Wellington so the one

thing we have to do the cable car

obviously as it is one of the top

visitor attractions in

town it's surprisingly quiet at the

moment but this finic carries about a

million passengers a year and I can see

why it's like really cute do you want

the do you want the front or the bottom

top or the bottom bottom got it found my

seat

perfect here we go ladies and gentlemen

now the cable car only goes about 18 km

an hour or so we're going to speed it up

in editing here but it does have some

nice murals on the way up and I really

like this tunnel with neon lights that

is cool has disco lights that is cool

I told I told you cable cars are cool

yeah and of course like any finic the

track splits in the middle uhoh uhoh to

let the cable cars pass well we only had

an hour or so to do something before it

closed but worth it yeah Wellington

Cable Car approved and after 2,000 ft we

have arrived at the top of the line it's

like a very slow Scenic roller

coaster well we made it up here just

about it sun set but the sun set's on

the other side but still what a view

yeah and now I can see why it is one of

the most popular attractions here in

Wellington it's very quiet and peaceful

yeah and it reminds me a little bit of

Canada yeah the buildings are a little

different though like it's like a mix of

Canada and San Francisco yeah now the

best part of these types of trips is the

free time and really not knowing where

you'll end up tonight's choice of

restaurant happens to be over a hundred

years old and has live jazz tonight

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I'd say exploring Wellington was a

success but we have to get to bed

because we have an early morning train

to

catch there it is there it is literally

we got to go oh damn we got to go let's

go let's go oh my my

suitcase go

go go go go

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watch out for the Post what

please oh sorry you're early guys oh my

sorry sorry let's

go fair is fair you can have the window

today really yeah okay looks like we're

on a romantic train journey it does a a

bromantic journey oh my goodness I'm

just taking a look at the menu now and I

am not used to eating this much we get a

baked treat a cold breakfast then a hot

breakfast then lunch a little later on

followed by a sweet treat then an

afternoon platter cuz why not then

straight into dinner plus dessert I

don't know when we're going to have time

to be on the back deck when we're going

to be sitting and eating all day what

are you talking about you ate that much

yesterday it feels maybe I'm just still

full maybe the hobbits were right maybe

in New Zealand there is second breakfast

with the cold and hot breakfast I won't

say no to

that as long as they're different

temperatures and we're off all right

headed north to a

in 10 hours from now that's right today

is going to be a full day on board as we

will be crossing the entire North Island

and service starts again with a warm tow

o wow thank you so much say it was

intimate didn't it

did dab my sweat

away need so we're on our way out of

Wellington past the ferry we rode in on

we're moving now and are very quickly

served our first bit of breakfast Chia

Chia

honey we are about to cross five

viaducts and here's the

first now the spectacular part of

today's journey is the fact that we'll

have a little bit more height than we

did

yesterday

wow and with views like these the

outdoor car at the back is much busier

today

o r wow

rub that's cool along with viu we also

get to cut through some hillsides with

longer tunnels today

too oh my gosh it's lunchtime

already wow thank you we're having

quinoa salad with

with

lamb I even spotted some Wildlife out

here that's not sheap too

wow some more surprising than

others now I think it's clear today's

landscape is very different from

yesterdays and it's hard to pick which

one is better but this different Flora

is a sign we've entered the tongariro

National Park which holds perhaps the

most impressive feature of of this trip

oh wow we got a volcano we're cruising

along a volcanic Plateau which is why it

feels suddenly so different to what we

had been seeing but it's not long before

we move from a natural wonder to an

engineering wonder the spiral tunnels

you see those tracks below that's where

we're going to come out so they call us

an engineering Marvel we're about to go

around the top of the mountain into a

tunnel come un tunnel underneath where

we are right now

and then do a big horseshoe curve and

that is to drop 139 M now I will admit

for most of us you can't actually see

much but occasionally you can spot the

tracks on this spiral

segment we're going to go through two

tunnels a short one now we're going into

the long one with a long

curve W that's cool now we're going

around down and then under right yeah

yeah we're going to come out of the

tunnel underneath where we

started pretty that's a long my tunnel I

guess yeah there there

go and we were up

there this is something you really could

miss if you weren't looking for it but

on a 10-hour train ride you take all the

excitement you can get hold on

that was the tightest corner of our

entire trip yes the little things you

got to you got to enjoy the little

moments on a long train R like this take

what you get yeah we've got all day yeah

all right let's go get that cheese

platter oh

yeah oh wow thank you say cheese cheese

got to say this cheese plate looks

really gooda but uh I've already had it

before so

too cheesy a little

bit little

bit you're spending a lot of time

looking out the windows it's so look at

the landscape now most of the afternoon

is spent in these seats eating more yeah

cheers man cheers hey good trip good

trip thanks so so far good trip yeah

very good trip thanks for coming now I

can say the view has stayed pretty

consistently amazing I mean it has

changed throughout the 2-day journey

which has kept it interesting all the

the way through but I think it's clear

why this is called one of the great

Railway Journeys in New Zealand but

eventually you will notice signs that

we're approaching

civilization which can only mean one

thing I think this is it yeah 10 minutes

Areo and we're in ockland We Made It 2

days from Christ Church to Picton a

fairy to Wellington and the train all

the way to Auckland glad we made it

it's been a long day yes it is it's just

been a long day of food but it's been

pretty wonderful you still

rolling I just want to

say thanks for coming along a know where

I'm going next but I know I want you get

with that's that's my line oh a long two

days but a beautiful two days really was

thank you guys bye so nice meet you

K but if if you think arriving in

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Key Grammar Structures

• oh my goodness New Zealand is known as one of the world's most scenic countries

  ➔ Passive Voice, 'be known as'

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice ('is known as') to emphasize that New Zealand *receives* the recognition of being scenic, rather than actively claiming it. The structure 'be + past participle' indicates a state resulting from a previous action.

• and what better way to see it than by train

  ➔ Rhetorical Question, Comparative Structure

  ➔ This is a rhetorical question, meaning it's not asked to elicit information, but to make a point. The phrase 'what better way' implies that traveling by train is the *most* effective or enjoyable way to see New Zealand. It uses a comparative structure, implicitly comparing train travel to other methods.

• in fact Sitting In First Class with a glass of sparkling wine kind of train is there any better way to travel

  ➔ Participial Phrase, Tag Question

  ➔ The phrase 'Sitting in First Class with a glass of sparkling wine' is a participial phrase modifying 'train'. It adds descriptive detail. The sentence ends with a tag question ('is there any better way to travel?'), seeking agreement and reinforcing the speaker's opinion.