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!
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Yay! Your Kiwi adventure has begun. I'm so glad you'll be able to keep us posted. And have already made such neat connections already. Love you! Mom
ReplyDeleteyou're going to be exhausted in a week if you keep up that pace! ; ) Glad you are there safe and sound and look forward to the reports. xxx
ReplyDeleteI love that you saw Briget's fluorite bracelets! Glad to see you got in safely, but I am bummed I didn't get to see you first! Happy hostel-checking-in :)
ReplyDeleteThis from Victoria:
ReplyDeleteTotally interested. I love blogs and will book mark this. Tell her to take her phone number off of that right away. Email addy is fine but you never ever want something like that open to the public. There are way way too many crazy people out there.
Thanks Victoria, you're absolutely right... Yay thanks everyone for leaving comments, makes me feel loved :)
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! I'm so glad you're blogging this. I heart you so much and wish you so much more happiness! So much more! :) :) :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I thought you were going to talk to everyone in the plane, and spreading your energy. I am glad you got there safely. Sounds like enjoying making conversations with new comers. Hardly wait for your next updates. Keiko
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