Wellington Update

This will just be a quick update. I am leaving to meet Meredith for brunch and 'cultural acitivities' in about 20 minutes, but I just wanted to get a few things online first.

Yes, I am back in Wellington. Australia was amazing - and warm - but that 20 day holiday is over. I knew it was over as soon as I stepped off of the plane and felt the chilly wind blasting in through the gaps. It was 28 when I left Cairns and 11 when I landed in Wellington. Big difference. The weather has apparently been really cold and rainy lately. I missed the worst of it while I was in the tropics (ha HA!), but I really hope it gets better for my last few days in New Zealand.

I had to move out of my old flat, so I am currently bumming with a friend who just moved here from the States. It's somewhat frustrating not having a real place to live and keep my stuff, but it is also fun living with her for a week. I keep losing things in the flat because I have no real place to put them and am always tripping over my suitcases, but it's only for a few more days. Yesterday was a beautiful day, so we did some errands and shopping in Wellington before driving out to Paekakariki to go walking through Queen Elizabeth Park. It was a perfect day once I realised that I could make my GT cap tighter so that it wouldn't blow off of my head. We also went to a movie last night, Brokeback Mountain, after she cooked me a good dinner. I am usually eating meals out not only because I want to go to my favourite restaurants one last time but also because I can't be bothered to buy groceries for the little time I have left.

Like the restaurant thing, I am in the process of all of my 'last time in New Zealand' activities. I am trying to hang out with my friends as much as possible as well as go to my favourite restaurants, shop for all of the things I haven't gotten yet, and visit the museums and sites that I haven't been to yet. I have my last Rotary meetings this week and a goodbye dinner / party planned for Wednesday. It should be a lot of fun as long as I stop thinking about it as a 'goodbye' dinner.

I will try to be good about posting about my Australia trip as well as putting up pictures (I have so many, and they are all so pretty!), but this will probably be one of my last New Zealand posts. I have had a great time here and done more than I ever imagined I would. I am going to have to use my previous blog entries to remember everything that I have done!