notes from the road

Let’s see. What have I been up to…

Booked a tour to take a boat into Milford Sound and go into an underwater observatory. It was a 5 hour drive to the sound and a 5 hour drive back. It was OK. Beautiful mountains, beautiful waterfalls, beautiful sea, free lunch buffet : ). I probably wouldn’t have spent $160NZ it cost to see this crap if Carolina didn’t really want to go. It is one of the most famous destinations in NZid, so I suppose it’s good that I went.

Louise – the Scottish gal that is going to end up a crazy old lady all alone with her cats just like me and who I absolutely love – was in Queenstown and tracked me down. Seems some stupid Irish boy she met over here broke her heart. Actually, it seems that every girl I meet over here has had a fling and is now pining over some boy who is off gallivanting without a care in the world. I have learned that this is the way the world works: girls pine and boys gallivant. You know it’s true : ) Anyway, we consoled ourselves with $15 cheeseburgers, because if you’re going to be single forever, you might as well be fat too. Haha.
We made a plan for her to pick me up June 3rd and we’ll head off to Wellington, which is the capital. There we’ll get jobs, a flat…. and maybe a cat… or two ; )

I’m now in Dunedin, which is a pretty large city by New Zealand standards. Carolina worked in a café in Picton and 2 of her frequent customers have a house here which they so kindly opened up to us. Pretty crazy considering we are practically complete strangers. It’s a couple in their 60’s and I feel like I’m at an aunt and uncle’s house or something. They make us breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, tea /cookies AND they’ve washed and dried our laundry AND they let us use their internet and phone.
It’s nice to be in a home. It kind of makes me feel like I’m a part of the real word again.
So far in Dunedin we’ve been going tour crazy. Touring the architecture and historical buildings around the city, a chocolate factory, a beer brewery, an art museum, and a butterfly exhibit.

All in all, things are going well. I’m SUPER bummed that I lost my memory card. It’s how I write all my emails and all my blog articles… and they cost $60 flipping dollars over here and as you know, I’m poor as heck right now. UGH.