Hi everyone,
Auckland has been a good, but soggy, beginning to our Kiwi adventure. Two days ago it rained so much that there was urban flash flooding (just not here on Mt. Eden, thank goodness).
We've been trying to plan out the next several weeks, as well as get acclimated to life here. I'm still a little bit jet-lagged, but not too bad. As far as job leads go, I was asked for a follow-up application for the job at NZAID (New Zealand Agency for International Development), but they might ask everyone, so I don't want to get too excited. Rory is still working on his CV...until we arrive in Wellington and get settled in, it is hard to be taken seriously. I have to leave my phone and address as 'TBA' on my applications, and I'm sure that seems pretty sketchy.
We leave on the Stray bus tour this morning. Our first stop is Coromandel and Hot Water Beach, then Rotorua, then Waitomo, then a National Park near Mt. Doom (Tongariro), then Taupo....I think I missed a spot. We'll be staying in Rotorua a few extra days, so we'll be traveling for eight or nine days. Because the weather has been so bad, we had to invest in raincoats and hiking boots...an expensive mishap in our packing.
We discovered the supermarket and are feeling better about prices. We also discovered a Kiwi microbrew called Mac's. They make about ten varieties of beer, but so far we have been hooked on Great White, which is a Belgian white beer sort of like Hoegaarden. It is delicious, and a fraction of the price that we paid at the bar. To top it off, we got some yesterday for just $1 a bottle...apparently the six pack had had issues and there were three perfect bottles just waiting for us.
I'll write again in Hahei beach tonight or tomorrow.
Love, Amy
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