Hutt Park Holiday Park Wellington

... 5 dni w tygodniu od 10 do 16tej - fajnie, ze ambasada jest 5 minut na piechotke od nas. Chyba pierwszy raz w zyciu moje wyksztalcenie sie na cos przyda :)

Oprocz tego zarejestrowalem sie w agencji nian (opiekunek/ów dzieci) wiec jak tylko wize dostane bede mogl szukac pracy. Poki co bylem na jednej rozmowie - opieka nad 6-ciorgiem dzieci w tym niemowle 9-miesieczne - na szczescie mnie nie polubili (glownie ze wzgledu na brak doswiadczenia ...

... how lazy we are in America and how easy it is to just take a 10 minute walk across the city. We talked about if we would continue walking places once we got home and Mari said she would try. But overall, we think we'd just go back to our own habits of driving everywhere. Afterall, in America, or in my hometown in Minnesota, if someone saw me walking to the grocery store, they would think something was wrong like my car broke down or something. We just straight up DON'T ...

Originally scheduled for just a quick stopover, it turned out to be a spot that deserved more than just one night.  Self-proclaimed as the most cosmopolitan city in New Zealand, it took a bit of a walk to find Cuba Street, the centre of the city life.  The city proper was surprisingly dark at night...the large buildings jumped out from nowhere.  Cuba Street is a proper city square...imagine San Francisco's North Beach, Chinatown, Mission District, Haight/Ashbury ...

... typically have no central heating. So we use electric heaters to keep the living room warm. We got a car as well. It is an old Mini Clubman from 1981. I love whizzing around Welly in it. Although, I don't get to drive it all that often as it is mainly used by Angie to go to work. I am still cycling in from Kelburn but some times I walk to the cable car and I am down at work in 5 mins. Our next goal now is the Wellington half-marathon on 28th of June. I hate running ...

Hello! It is Earth Day here in New Zealand. We spent the day on Kapiti Island, which is now a nature reserve and where only 50 people a day can visit. It is about 5kms from the mainland and is about 10 kms long and 2kms wide, not very big. The land has been given back to the Maori people now but it has been a bird sanctuary since the 1800s. Before then, it was the hideout run by Te Rauparaha. He was a fierce Maori warrior chief who conquered Kapiti ...

... is a large observatory on top of one of the mountains here. I must just tell you about the fabulous Japanese meal we had - just scrummy! A stir fry with 10 sorts of vegetables and then another dish of vegetables in the lightest tempura. Also tempura fish and slices of nearly rare fillet steak followed by caramalised bananas with green tea ice cream (my tummy said I shouldn't have had the pud later). I was fascinated by a little oriental girl who ...

... going Whale watching and partly because I hurt my back getting out of the shower.... Doh.. Checked in at the Whale Watch centre at 12.15 and were driven around the peninsular to the port to board the boat. There was a reasonable swell which made the trip out quite interesting as we bounced and banged over the waves. Once we reached the last known area where a Sperm Whale had been sighted we stopped and waited,,, and waited... It took a while for the first one to surface but 3 hours ...