Okay, quick quick update, only have a few minutes.
I LOVE NEW ZEALAND. My roommates at the hostel were amazing: 3 German boys, a Scottish girl, a Chilean man, a Canadian girl, and a Welsh guy... they took me in immediately when I got back from random mini golfing with Jack, and we all went out to buy food for dinner. We all cooked together, I made a salad and we had pesto pasta. It was freakin adorable! Then we all went out to this awesome place called Cassette bar where there was house music playing from Manchester, and there were a lot of guys from there so they were all very happy. I had a freaking amazing mojito, and i got rather tipsy rather quickly. This crazy girl started to dance with me and I got really uncomfortable, and I was going to get one of the guys to step in, but she took the hint...
On Sunday I did the Coast to Coast trail, starting north and working our way south. I was with one of the Germans, Freddy, and we had an absolute blast. We didn't have a map so we were makin it up as we went, and ended up going along with 5 German girls that were also doing the walkway. We made it to Mt. Eden, a collapsed volcano (!!!) and then decided we were too hungry to continue. Marie-Sophie stayed with us, a German girl, and we went to Subway where I got a lamb sandwich with mint sauce. I was a little skeptical but WOW it was good. Later we got this amazing gourmet pizza which was a little pricy but sooo worth it. We played stupid drinking games... no, wait, that was saturday... but I did get this wonderful ice cream called "hokey pokey", which is vanilla with heath bar bits and honey, and shared it with our group of friends. Yum.
Monday I met up with Jackie and Lisa, put all my stuff in our car (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and they did some errands in the city while I went with our friends to Victoria Park. We played spud, and we realized that none of us knew what happens at the end when 2 people are left, because we always stopped playing before that point. It was GREAT fun. We went to the market across the street because it was raining and found a great cafe to eat lunch at while it rained. It didn't let up so we started walking back and came across a sporting good store, sort of like REI. Sam, from Michigan, and I are thinking about buying a tent so we can go camping together. Julia, a girl from Germany (every other person is German...) is moving to Wellington in a month and needs a flatmate, and I told her I was interested, which is true! She's the sweetest girl, it would be very fun to live with her.
Lots more to say, esp about our first WWOOFing home, but my time is up, so I will update later. Basically I love it and the work is very easy and the food is good and the bed is comfy so life is grand. Oh, and driving on the left is the fucking scariest thing I've ever had to do.
Ciao!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
It Begins in Aukland
I've made it to New Zealand very safe and very sound. And way less sleep than I need, mayhaps. No problems getting on the plane, no problems taking off, minimal stomach problems.
So, Quantas 26... HUGE plane, 75 rows with ten people in each row, and it was FULL. So freakin' packed. Cuuuuute baby sitting in front. AND it was the shortest 12 1/2 hour plane flight ever! I lucked out with seatmates, truly. Sat next to my 52 year old German soulmate, Birget (Bridget), who is moving to NZ to start over because she hates materialism in Germany. I love her. I saw her at the gate, wearing fluorite bracelets and went "oh heck yes!" to myself, and lo and behold I sit next to this amazing woman. We talked through the night about how positive energy can change the world. I'm pretty sure if we traveled together the world would implode from our collective amazingness. So I love her. She had a chakra charm and was telling me about the 12 chakra points of our body (7 we can see, 5 we can't) and they also correspond to 12 points on the earth (tectonic plates!?@!?!). Anyway, I'm hoping to run into her again. Because I love her.
To the other side of me was Linda, visiting her daughter and grandchildren in Aukland. Seriously New York Jewish. Reminds me of Nana :) On the other side of Birget was Jack, a recent graduate from Manchester, England England. He's actually sitting next to me right now checking F'book. Turns out we're at the same hostel so we caught a cab together. I forgot to get money (what a jerk) so he paid for the both of us. We're at Base ACB and they won't let us check into our rooms until 1, so we stored our bags and I went to find food, a SIM card, and money. But not in that order.
My NZ phone number is working!
Ummmm I got hit up by these really nice women on the street promoting their Christian music concert tonight. They were really nice, and it was a lovely introduction to the city. I'm going to take their suggestion later and go to the water and watch the ferries go by.
Not much has happened so far, but I'm so glad I made it! The hostel seems fine (though I haven't seen my room..) and everyone is chill thus far. I can't wait to do my walking tour of Aukland in, like, one hour, and take so many pictures.
Until next time!
So, Quantas 26... HUGE plane, 75 rows with ten people in each row, and it was FULL. So freakin' packed. Cuuuuute baby sitting in front. AND it was the shortest 12 1/2 hour plane flight ever! I lucked out with seatmates, truly. Sat next to my 52 year old German soulmate, Birget (Bridget), who is moving to NZ to start over because she hates materialism in Germany. I love her. I saw her at the gate, wearing fluorite bracelets and went "oh heck yes!" to myself, and lo and behold I sit next to this amazing woman. We talked through the night about how positive energy can change the world. I'm pretty sure if we traveled together the world would implode from our collective amazingness. So I love her. She had a chakra charm and was telling me about the 12 chakra points of our body (7 we can see, 5 we can't) and they also correspond to 12 points on the earth (tectonic plates!?@!?!). Anyway, I'm hoping to run into her again. Because I love her.
To the other side of me was Linda, visiting her daughter and grandchildren in Aukland. Seriously New York Jewish. Reminds me of Nana :) On the other side of Birget was Jack, a recent graduate from Manchester, England England. He's actually sitting next to me right now checking F'book. Turns out we're at the same hostel so we caught a cab together. I forgot to get money (what a jerk) so he paid for the both of us. We're at Base ACB and they won't let us check into our rooms until 1, so we stored our bags and I went to find food, a SIM card, and money. But not in that order.
My NZ phone number is working!
Ummmm I got hit up by these really nice women on the street promoting their Christian music concert tonight. They were really nice, and it was a lovely introduction to the city. I'm going to take their suggestion later and go to the water and watch the ferries go by.
Not much has happened so far, but I'm so glad I made it! The hostel seems fine (though I haven't seen my room..) and everyone is chill thus far. I can't wait to do my walking tour of Aukland in, like, one hour, and take so many pictures.
Until next time!
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