After a fun and draining few days in the middle of Auckland city, Norty and I headed about 45 minutes south to Papakura to stay at her mothers house for a few days. I met her mother, 14 year old sister and 9 year old brother. While there we made bruschetta, got norty's wardrobe to consist of more than 4 items, watched some television and did some laundry. We then set south on a 5 hour bus ride to Tauranga where Norty's brother and some of her friends live. We stayed a few days at her one of her friends auntie's house. We did the beach, the pub, the mall, and some other general cruising around as well as just chilling out with some friends.
Tonight we have moved out of family life that ended up proving dramatic and are staying at a backpackers tonight. We did some successful second hand shopping and had a lovely dinner out at the pub. we have now retired for an early evening.
Tomorrow we shall awaken at 6:30 and embark on our 13 hour bus ride to Wellington. We have little to no idea what we are going to do down there but it will be something new and different. Te Papa is the most popular museum in New Zealand and it is free and we intend to spend a day visiting. There is also a 3 week art festival going on right now. So, Wellington is going to be out culture stop.
this computer is being silly and not allowing me to add photos so i am all done now.
Bye.
Also, i have taken a liking to sushi and Norty and I have taken to eating it often, including breakfast.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Too much Brown eyed girl. Thank you
I did it!!
I left the Barrier.
Sad day.
As i was saying my weepy goodbyes to my friends at the wharf, i said "Norty, come with me" and she said "no i cant" and i said "yes, just do it" and she said "ok" and got on the boat to Auckland with me with the clothes she was wearing and a primarily empty purse.
Now i am in Auckland with my Norty, playing. Upon arrival we realized that there was no room in any hotels or backpackers due to a concert. So we were searching aimlessly when we met Adrian. He was in the same boat and now we all live together in this strange backpackers/hostel way up a hill on Queen street. We had some other friends coming over on the boat so we played in the city with them last night. We went out to a club and had drinks out of tea pots. Then we went to an Irish pub. It was so much fun. so fun. We sang and danced and drank and chatted. there was a band playing all sorts of covers. they were great. so fun.
Today we were tired.
The three of us got up and set out to get breakfast. We succeeded.
We split up with Adrian for the day and went in search of a second hand store so that Norty could have clothes here. We failed.
Too exhausted, we surrendered to the movies and watched Avatar in 3D. Good flick.
Now we have popped into the old favorite Karaoke internet cafe.
but we are hungry now so i have to go.
Norty says hi.
I left the Barrier.
Sad day.
As i was saying my weepy goodbyes to my friends at the wharf, i said "Norty, come with me" and she said "no i cant" and i said "yes, just do it" and she said "ok" and got on the boat to Auckland with me with the clothes she was wearing and a primarily empty purse.
Now i am in Auckland with my Norty, playing. Upon arrival we realized that there was no room in any hotels or backpackers due to a concert. So we were searching aimlessly when we met Adrian. He was in the same boat and now we all live together in this strange backpackers/hostel way up a hill on Queen street. We had some other friends coming over on the boat so we played in the city with them last night. We went out to a club and had drinks out of tea pots. Then we went to an Irish pub. It was so much fun. so fun. We sang and danced and drank and chatted. there was a band playing all sorts of covers. they were great. so fun.
Today we were tired.
The three of us got up and set out to get breakfast. We succeeded.
We split up with Adrian for the day and went in search of a second hand store so that Norty could have clothes here. We failed.
Too exhausted, we surrendered to the movies and watched Avatar in 3D. Good flick.
Now we have popped into the old favorite Karaoke internet cafe.
but we are hungry now so i have to go.
Norty says hi.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Cue the Elephants
Surprise! I am still on the Barrier. But I am finally ready to move on and do bigger and better things.
My experience her though has been good i have met a lot of awesome people and learned a lot. I am not going to list and tell you about every person i have met here because that would be tedious and you would get bored. But I will mention Norty and Henry who I spend most of my non-working hours with. They are fun girls and have gotten me good and involved with island activities. Also, Norty has a car which allows us to get around the island. I will also mention Wop, wretched old man, the one person here that I hate and the one person (as far as I know) that hates me. I don't think either of us have any sound reason for hating each other but we do. But I have the upper had working behind the bar and all. If you want your beer, go away and wait for someone else to get it for you.
Time for a good list!
New experiences/ things i have learned:
-Bartending
-making mixed drinks
-anything about wine
-how to make obscure shots with obscene names
-when to give someone a bowl of chips and water instead of another beer
-how to pour a Guinness
-Waitressing
-Driving on the wrong side of the road and wrong side of the car. It was not as hard as i thought it would be but i think it would be very different off of the island. There are not really any intersections here, i think they would be a challenge. But the roads on this island are a nightmare. many of them are sealed now but they are all twisty turny and hilly.
-The metric system. Sort of.
-Beaches. There are awesome beaches here and super clear water.
-And much more...
This week I plan to go to Awana falls with my friends and watch from below as they jump. And hike Mt Hobson, the highest point on the island, with most of the same friends.
That's all for now. Just thought i would keep you posted!
Bye!
My experience her though has been good i have met a lot of awesome people and learned a lot. I am not going to list and tell you about every person i have met here because that would be tedious and you would get bored. But I will mention Norty and Henry who I spend most of my non-working hours with. They are fun girls and have gotten me good and involved with island activities. Also, Norty has a car which allows us to get around the island. I will also mention Wop, wretched old man, the one person here that I hate and the one person (as far as I know) that hates me. I don't think either of us have any sound reason for hating each other but we do. But I have the upper had working behind the bar and all. If you want your beer, go away and wait for someone else to get it for you.
Time for a good list!
New experiences/ things i have learned:
-Bartending
-making mixed drinks
-anything about wine
-how to make obscure shots with obscene names
-when to give someone a bowl of chips and water instead of another beer
-how to pour a Guinness
-Waitressing
-Driving on the wrong side of the road and wrong side of the car. It was not as hard as i thought it would be but i think it would be very different off of the island. There are not really any intersections here, i think they would be a challenge. But the roads on this island are a nightmare. many of them are sealed now but they are all twisty turny and hilly.
-The metric system. Sort of.
-Beaches. There are awesome beaches here and super clear water.
-And much more...
This week I plan to go to Awana falls with my friends and watch from below as they jump. And hike Mt Hobson, the highest point on the island, with most of the same friends.
That's all for now. Just thought i would keep you posted!
Bye!
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