goodbye, blue sky
waiting for my shuttle to the airport on this clear, cold afternoon. saw one last rainbow on my walk up parnell road.
friday night i went with H to a house party celebrating all things kiwi. the hostess had a respectably authentic-looking fake maori tattoo on her lip and chin; someone had brought pavlova garnished with sliced kiwi; and people were decked out in all blacks paraphernalia. all blacks = the NZ rugby team. huge at the moment, as NZ is currently hosting the rugby world cup. met a nice cross-section of young and old new zealanders and expats.
the weekend brought stormy weather complete with thunderclaps, pouring rain, and no camping. but we got out of town for the weekend and discovered a couple of rugged beaches along the west coast north of auckland. got to watch the first test match between the lions (the british rugby team) and all blacks in a pub on saturday night, another good taste of the local flavor.
monday i wandered through the auckland museum, which is located on a hill in the auckland domain, a huge park near where i'm staying. they have a superb collection of pacific islands art and cultural artifacts, including an impressive room full of maori pieces, including large pieces of ceremonial houses and canoes.
and just a slice of life: i took a taxi today to save some time, and during our 10-minute trip together my driver told me that he's visited 51 countries, that if i wanted to move here i should because one doesn't need much money to have a good quality of life here, and that having been all over the world he knows how lucky he is to come from here and to live in NZ.
hope you had a lovely weekend! bidding you a misty adieu from auckland...
friday night i went with H to a house party celebrating all things kiwi. the hostess had a respectably authentic-looking fake maori tattoo on her lip and chin; someone had brought pavlova garnished with sliced kiwi; and people were decked out in all blacks paraphernalia. all blacks = the NZ rugby team. huge at the moment, as NZ is currently hosting the rugby world cup. met a nice cross-section of young and old new zealanders and expats.
the weekend brought stormy weather complete with thunderclaps, pouring rain, and no camping. but we got out of town for the weekend and discovered a couple of rugged beaches along the west coast north of auckland. got to watch the first test match between the lions (the british rugby team) and all blacks in a pub on saturday night, another good taste of the local flavor.
monday i wandered through the auckland museum, which is located on a hill in the auckland domain, a huge park near where i'm staying. they have a superb collection of pacific islands art and cultural artifacts, including an impressive room full of maori pieces, including large pieces of ceremonial houses and canoes.
and just a slice of life: i took a taxi today to save some time, and during our 10-minute trip together my driver told me that he's visited 51 countries, that if i wanted to move here i should because one doesn't need much money to have a good quality of life here, and that having been all over the world he knows how lucky he is to come from here and to live in NZ.
hope you had a lovely weekend! bidding you a misty adieu from auckland...
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