New Zealand
Ah! The land of the long white cloud. It was my first time visitng NZ in the summer and it was nice to see New Zealand in the sun and the trees with leaves on them. It's still pretty cold though - after Samoa especially. The main purpose of my visit was to surprise Angie for her 21st birthday and as you know from my last entry I succeeded :-).
I didn't do any sightseeing in NZ because I didn't want to and because I've explored the south Island a little bit before. After 6 months of constantly seeing things I just wanted to relax and catch up on things I'd missed. So that's what I did - slept in alot in a big comfy bed, watched bad telly, ate Pinky bars, drank fresh milk and spent time with my NZ family :-) I even got to cook again! In short I had a really great time and I'm sorry I missed seeing Christian, Natalie and the puppy.
Big congratulations to Angie for getting into Otago med school too - we're all ecstatic for you!
That's all I'm going to write about NZ because I'm at home and very lazy... I've been home for 2 weeks now and am only now doing this.
Home... And I have a bed!!!!
I got to Brisbane from Auckland (after a 2 and a half hour delay - damn Qantas!) and met Oscar - Karen's new kitten. He promptly attacked me so I took an instant liking to him :-) He's black (my fave) and a little hyperactive so it'll be interesting to see how we get along when I'm living there full time again. It was great seeing Karen and having to overnight in Brisbane kind of worked in my favour as I got to unload quite a bit of stuff before heading up to Mackay.
I arrived in Mackay the next morning and Mum picked me up and dropped me home. After New Zealand's slight chill it was nice to be sweating standing still again. I know that's a bit weird but it's how I grew up and hence how I like my weather. Big surprise when I got home was that I have a bed now!!!! It's pretty comfy and I'm glad I don't have to sleep on the floor anymore. I've been taking it easy at home and enjoying Christmas only doing things I really needed to like looking for a job, putting in my uni forms and going to the dentist. I'm going back to Brisbane this Saturday (Jan 6) and will continue the job search there.
As much as I enjoyed my time away I'm glad to be getting back to normal as my body hasn't responded too well to the dramatic changes in lifestyle and food again (South Africa had the same effect on me in 2001). I'm totally broke too so the stress levels will be on the rise soon as I have to pay rent and buy food (finding a job is priority one).
It was totally worth it though and I think everyone should quit their jobs and going galavanting around the world at least once in their life.
This is the end of the travel blog now... bye!
Ah! The land of the long white cloud. It was my first time visitng NZ in the summer and it was nice to see New Zealand in the sun and the trees with leaves on them. It's still pretty cold though - after Samoa especially. The main purpose of my visit was to surprise Angie for her 21st birthday and as you know from my last entry I succeeded :-).
I didn't do any sightseeing in NZ because I didn't want to and because I've explored the south Island a little bit before. After 6 months of constantly seeing things I just wanted to relax and catch up on things I'd missed. So that's what I did - slept in alot in a big comfy bed, watched bad telly, ate Pinky bars, drank fresh milk and spent time with my NZ family :-) I even got to cook again! In short I had a really great time and I'm sorry I missed seeing Christian, Natalie and the puppy.
Big congratulations to Angie for getting into Otago med school too - we're all ecstatic for you!
That's all I'm going to write about NZ because I'm at home and very lazy... I've been home for 2 weeks now and am only now doing this.
Home... And I have a bed!!!!
I got to Brisbane from Auckland (after a 2 and a half hour delay - damn Qantas!) and met Oscar - Karen's new kitten. He promptly attacked me so I took an instant liking to him :-) He's black (my fave) and a little hyperactive so it'll be interesting to see how we get along when I'm living there full time again. It was great seeing Karen and having to overnight in Brisbane kind of worked in my favour as I got to unload quite a bit of stuff before heading up to Mackay.
I arrived in Mackay the next morning and Mum picked me up and dropped me home. After New Zealand's slight chill it was nice to be sweating standing still again. I know that's a bit weird but it's how I grew up and hence how I like my weather. Big surprise when I got home was that I have a bed now!!!! It's pretty comfy and I'm glad I don't have to sleep on the floor anymore. I've been taking it easy at home and enjoying Christmas only doing things I really needed to like looking for a job, putting in my uni forms and going to the dentist. I'm going back to Brisbane this Saturday (Jan 6) and will continue the job search there.
As much as I enjoyed my time away I'm glad to be getting back to normal as my body hasn't responded too well to the dramatic changes in lifestyle and food again (South Africa had the same effect on me in 2001). I'm totally broke too so the stress levels will be on the rise soon as I have to pay rent and buy food (finding a job is priority one).
It was totally worth it though and I think everyone should quit their jobs and going galavanting around the world at least once in their life.
This is the end of the travel blog now... bye!
posted by Louise @ 4:14 PM
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