Joined October 2022 Sandkrug, Deutschland
  • Day 136

    And one more load of photos

    February 16 in New Zealand
    Traveler

    wieso wird man denn auf dem letzten Foto "Willkommen" geheißen, aber an so auffälliger Stelle ist dann doch ein VOR-Hängeschloss angebracht, dass den Zutritt verhindert.

    Paula Frühauf

    Ja, ne, darum gings nicht😂 oben drüber steht mens grooming specialist, und dann guck ich da so rein und dachte mir so, oh, ja, interessant 😂🙈

    Traveler

    ...ich finde: Du hälst deine NZ Momente gut in Fotos und Videos fest.

    Paula Frühauf

    Danke <3

     
  • Day 136

    More photos

    February 16 in New Zealand

    There's just not enough capacity for all the photos I want to share. And I forgot two things.

    I've been to Zealandia for two days, which is a fenced era shielded off against predators like the possum, a huge plague in New Zealand. It gives birds the chance to rehabilitate, while being able to fly in and out as they please. As far as I know the kiwis are the only exception, as they were brought in to further help their kind recover from near extinction. I didn't meet one sadly since they're night active and the expensive night tours are the only chance to get to see them.
    Still it was an amazing experience! Beautiful landscape, hiking tracks through the bush and loads and loads of native birds that seem so exotic to me. Way more colourful and with such different melodies than what I'm used to from our singing birds back home.

    Secondly, I have been in New Zealand for four months now and there were plenty of earthquakes and I have not felt a single one of them. I find this to be outrageous! And now there was one yesterday with magnitude 6.3, the epizentrum only 60 kilometers away from us and I have not felt A SINGLE THING. Yeah okay, I dont wanna have a house collapsing on me if that's what it takes for me to feel an earthquake but it would still be crazy interesting to experience one.
    I was just out on the street walking and I don't know, maybe you have to be inside a house to feel it with no cars and stuff around but it's said that 6.0 is apparently felt by EVERYONE and is causing a lot of fright and what not . It was even felt in Auckland and that's hundreds of kilometers away. I'm a bit appealed of my senses really...

    Yeah, so far.
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    Traveler

    Jooo Paula als ich von dem Erdbeben gehört hab, hab ich mir kurz Sorgen gemacht, aber dann gedacht, du bi du ja voll weit weg. Ich wusste nicht, dass du nur 60 km davon entfernt warst!

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    Paula Frühauf

    Ja aber ich hab ja nicht mal was gefühlt😭😂, brauchst dir aber keine Sorgen machen<3

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    Traveler

    an earthquake is not a kind of tourist attraction: But I hope u will get a nasty surprise....

    Paula Frühauf

    you meanie😝

     
  • Day 136

    New chapter

    February 16 in New Zealand

    Hmm, I feel like I should write an update again but I just don't feel like I have the inspiration. May sound a bit dramatic but I feel like without it everything I write sounds shit. Let's see how it goes...

    Kia Ora,

    It's another day in the capital of New Zealand. Nothing major happening, had a good hot chocolate and im still picking on my brownie that's delicious but nonetheless more moist dough than anything else. I wonder if if it's meant to be that way.

    Right now I'm sitting on some part of the wharf, here in Wellingtons harbour and I don't know what it is exactly I'm doing... I guess I just am and see how that feels. Not really anything left on my bucket list for this place.

    The last few weeks since arriving here, I've been working in the bird rehabilitation trust, but less than I originally thought I would. Well I had some pretty unrealistic ideas of how it would be. Of course it was mostly just cleaning up the cages hence cleaning up poopoopooandmorepoo. Some feeding for the younger chicks and some cleaning up the birds themselves but that happend fairly rarely (that can't be proper English).
    Still, it was nice being around all these birds, especially the two lorikeets, love those little minxes!

    So most of my time there was a mix between doing some paid labor work in the huuuuuuge gardens surrounding the house that Craig and Julie (the owner of the bird rehab) live in and lots of hanging around because I'm an unmotivated piece of shüt. I want this to be a new word. Sounds like a nicer swear word.

    Well I spiced it up with some hiking and exploring around makara Beach and opau bay, some surfing and amazing talks with max and ohohoh I have a new buddy now!!! His name is Lenny and we bonded really well over some mutual scratching. Im not sure though if we'll stay in contact, don't feel like he'll call me. I don't think horses are known for their loyal, long distant friendships.

    Anywayyys...

    Uuh yeah and I got trapped by some pc game that just got released. But in my offense, it's a harry potter world... And when it comes to that I'm still a little child and I pray to heaven and hell that I always will be. Would be interesting what party would answer that pray, theoretically, dunno, whatever. So yeah hogwarts legacy is out, niiice graphics, action, good story in my opinion, lots of options and challenges, a free world experience and the two best things: Magical beasts aaaand flying... A-maz-ing!

    Okay, I'm straying a bit from the whole new zealand travel topic again.

    During weeding and mulching in the garden I befriended Pierre, a funny kiwi guy, who's back in Dunedin now where he's studying. Pretty sure I'm gonna go down there to visit him and also Max, who's also starting to study there. Heard they have good surf down there too.

    Next up I'll probably head north again though. The two ferry companies seem hooopelessly swamped, the next ticket I could get is for a ferry a month from now, and since I wanted to go and see the Coromandel in summer, I guess I'll head that way for now.

    Two days ago I left my cozy, lonely, little cave in the staff room of the gardeners and finally entered civilisation again. I think I wasn't far from becoming a hermit. Nah jokes aside, i know that its definitely good for me, talking to some people my age again, even though I went to the Te Papa museum with a guy who isnt reeeally my age anymore. Ali is already retired, was still chill though. He gave me some ideas of traveling to the US next, who knows, sounds intriguing!
    The museum was interesting, a lot about the nature and its changes since maoris and the British colonists started intervening.
    And about the maori culture of course.
    I was so fascinated by the moas, they were hunted to extinction by humans 500 years ago but they look like some dinosaur creatures. Kind of a mix between the feathers and belly of a kiwi and the legs, neck and head of an emu. Okay to be fair I just googled emus and they look pretty much like them😂. Still I would have loved to meet one of them. Stupid humans!
    Could weigh up to 240 kg👆 I think that's one of the only facts ive memorized from the whole museum, bummer.
    Ooooooh and there was this maaaaassive squid, uuaah disgusting and faszinating at once, fasgusting, diszinating, noo disgustinating, that's better.

    Hmyeahyeahhm I think that should be about pretty much kind of everything. I'm bored, sorry I get silly with my writing when I'm bored, but whatever people wanted an update, now there is one silly one there here now.

    Truddeldukanguru
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    Traveler

    Ah Paula, ich liebe es deine Texte zu lesen

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    Paula Frühauf

    Und ich liebe es deine Kommentare zu lesen, das freut mich immer meeeega<333

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    Traveler

    hihi ❤️❤️

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  • Day 99

    A little Song

    January 10 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Hi,
    I arrived well in wellington a few days ago but I don't really feel like writing about that right now. Inspiration hit me whatever for and I wrote a little song and it's surprisingly positive I guess? And I don't know, I just feel like sharing it because I think I like it and it's different from the songs I wrote before, so yeah here it goes.

    Lyrics:

    Let me mend your broken soul so you can go home
    Let me try to help you out so you can go on
    When the clouds in your eyes start shielding the sun
    Your mind's a dark place with all its warmth on the run

    I believe there's a way for everyone
    For to live and to love is what we're made for
    I belive there's a way to feel as though
    We can mend our broken souls

    Though the colors they may fade from time to time
    And the light doesn't feel as warm as you can see it shine
    Though what we see and feel is not always how it is
    And to think and ponder live will not reveal why we exists
    It feels real enough
    Now, doesn't it

    I believe there's a way for everyone for to live and to love us what we're made for
    I believe there's a way to feel as though we can mend our broken souls

    I believe that we all do not often feel whole, so let me mend your broken soul

    Oh and PS: I always love having other people's opinion on what I think and write about, may it be positive or negative or just a totally different point of view. So if you feel like it youre more than welcome to express your opinion about the song text or about my thoughts in the other footprints!
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    Traveler

    😲👌

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    Traveler

    ❤️ nur die Gitarre fehlt. Aber trifft genau ins Herz ♥️

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    Paula Frühauf

    so solls sein❤️

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  • Day 95

    Climbing Paritutu Rock

    January 6 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    That was a nice climb up Paritutu Rock, a bit adventurous and wet, with a mystical view over New Plymouth covered in fog. But now I could really use a shower and my Batterie died, of course I left the lights on... Hope I'll be able to find someone with jumper leads. One would think I would have learned from my mistakes by now but of course not.

    While writing that two girls actually tried to help me but the car wouldn't start. So this other dude started trying some things and after he put his Batterie in my car to start it, it seemed to work. As I tried to start driving though every light inside the car flickered on and off and the steering automatic was out, then the motor went out without a reason and I was soooo fucking scared that I fried the chip inside my car. That would have been expensive to fix. We tried jump starting it again though and it worked and after driving a bit the Batterie must have had enough power again so the ABS and steering aid worked again. Seems I dodged a massive bullet there. Never gonna jump start my car the regular way again😅.
    Gonna go down to Wellington now.
    Cheers
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    Traveler

    Very nice photos and videos. Interesting impressions. Thanks!

    1/5/23Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    It's nice to be able to share it!

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    Traveler

    🤩🤩🤩

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  • Day 92

    About time

    January 3 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Trigger alarm, lots of rambling😂🙈

    Happy New Year everyone!

    Finally the day has come, I'm gonna leave Raglan tomorrow. Not that it hasn't been nice, I've just been telling myself that I'm gonna leave in a week since the first week I got here. So much about changing my habits...

    My drawer and table are actually finished and I'm so happy about them, all the work was definitely worth it. I'm gonna send some pictures of that later.
    The only thing that's really missing now are the curtains. Planning how to install them has been focking tricky because I don't have a Van with metal on the sides, hence I can't just drill some screws in it. Or maybe I could but I don't really want to😂. Anyways I'm pretty sure I've got a good idea now, gonna try that tomorrow before I leave.
    Next long term destination: Wellington.

    The last couple of weeks have been quite emotional for me. First of all my dog got put down a few days before Christmas which hit me hard. Don't know how many people will understand that but she was like my annoying little sister that I just loved on end! It's kind of weird how most dogs don't even remind me of her because I know every little detail of how she walked, growled, played around, barked. Everything is still so present and in my mind she's still playing around at home even if I know she's dead. Death's crazy, such a bitch.

    Chrsitmas Eve I had an amazing late night swim in warm water full of sea lights and a sky full of stars and a fun call with my parents on Christmas morning. Then, just a bit later, the next drama began, as I went outside and saw this little baby sparrow on the ground. It fell out of the nest that stupidly sat in the side of a hole directly through the roof. Only a few neighbors were home so I ran around like crazy trying to find a ladder to put it back up. Put the container with paper underneath it just in case and well, that wasn't the worst idea. After spending the rest of the day with Sue's family and Boxing Day with Wade and Shannon at Wade's family (who were so fucking chill and lovely btw) I found all two of the chicks, that seemed to have been in the nest, sat in that box crying for their parents.
    Sooo I took them in for the night and started worrying like a mother hen because there is sooooo much you can do wrong. Feeding but not too much and the right thing, the right temperature, cleaning them up and so on. Fucking stressed me out. But in the end it distracted me in my mourning for my dog so it was kinda good.
    Next morning I got up at 6 a clock (imagine that!), they were still well but it got clear that I shouldn't and couldn't keep them so I put them back up in a bird house and lead the mother back to their chicks with sparrows sounds from my phone. Worked wonderfully and I actually thought that was that.

    It reminded me of my long time wish to work with birds and to learn how to care for them. That's why I applied for volunteer work in bird rehabilitation centers all over North Island and got into the one in Wellington. It's the south end of North Island and I've always wanted to go there, heard a lot about the music scene down there. Am pretty exited to go there. Don't know where im gonna live but I'll see, Craig, the guy from the bird rehabilition trust offered to help me with finding somewhere I can work for accommodation and food for I'll probably won't be paid for working at the trust.

    A day before New Years Wado's been in a heavy car crash. I think that guy has had more bad luck and good luck only concerning car crashs than other people have in their whole lifes. He isn't insured siriously, just a bit bruised with a massive shock and a whiplash, luckily only that😥.

    New Years was also different then I expected, not only did I want to party but the club was full already, also the bird drama continued. After watching the fireworks from the harbour with Shannon and Wade I went home again, and what happend? Fucking Luna (the cat) jumping in the House WITH MY FUCKING BIRDS IN HER FANGS!!! One was only choking a few more times and died, the other hopped to the sofa while I was trying to drag that beast out of the house (I know it's nature, of course I do, but it was still so unnecessary!). By the time I finally threw her out, the other bird had vanished and I looked in every corner, under every sofa in every room it could have gone and even outside for nearly two hours but it seemed pretty hopeless. And no kidding, I thought I'd look under the main couch one more time before I give up and there it was. Sitting in the furthest corner. And there I was with the bird again.
    Next morning it wouldnt feed though and so I spend an hour to make the place where the bird house stood cat proof. But OF COURSE as I went to get the bird out of my car it hopped out of the box and I think under one of the cabins that are near and that was pretty much it. Tried for a few more hours to get it out or think of anything I could do but as wade told me over and over again there's only so much I could do and so I left it to die. Fuck I have huge problems letting go. Don't know why though, I know it's nature and I know there are probably hundreds of them dying everyday but still...

    That's one of those things that has been going through my head over the last few weeks. These concepts of rational and emotional. It's so weird how you can think about things, realize something but it will probably still be to no use to you. As long as you don't 'realize' it emotionally. Like I know it doesn't make a difference but it still feels wrong to leave the bird. Or how I know my dog is dead, I know that! But it doesn't fully reach me on an emotional level, it doesn't FEEL like it. And that's how it is with a lot of things you can realize through thinking or at least its like that for me. I realize consequences, probabilities and what's likely to happen in the future. But in the end things have to really HAPPEN in order for your findings to become real on the only level that can really matter to yourself, the emotional one. Although we try to seek for the laws in and around us, try to rationalize what we see and even what we feel in order to gain some control of what is happening, the way more important part for ourself, our beeing, will always be our feelings.
    We can be in love even though we are sure it's not mutual, because the rational realization can't overpower the feelings as long as there is only a bit of hope.
    We humans KNOW that we are (at least according to scince) only some kind of bio chemical machines and still we cant fully process that because it FEELS different. In this case the 'sense of I', which I would actullay kind of label as one of the main emotions/ THE main emotion, naturally defines our feeling of ourself way more than a thought, a finding, a truth could ever be able to.
    Also we know how big our world is let alone the universe and still it doesn't feel like it, does it. Living in your own bubble your own town, maybe traveling a bit you still can't get a feeling of how big this is that surrounds us. We would maybe have to see the world from a spaceship and still wouldn't be able to comprehend it. Because knowing and feeling are two, very seperate things. All of this rambling just for this little statement. But yeah sometimes I just need to get all that stuff out of my head to get it clearer and realize myself what exactly it is I'm thinking. So yeah, if you stuck with me till here, thanks😅😂.

    Oh yeah i just remembered I also tried to save a lost kitten somewhere in a forest but it ran away and I just don't seem to have any luck in helping animals. That has a lot of history actually🙄😢.

    I'm getting a bit cold now, just got out of the water and I'm sitting in my car in the car park near the beach, and I guess all of this is enough for a few weeks anyways😂 Felt good to get that out though.

    I'm exited to finally go travel in my car, feel the freedom a bit.

    So long...
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    Traveler

    Schonmal darüber nachgedacht Tischlerin zu werden?

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    Paula Frühauf

    Ja, in letzter Zeit echt. Mal sehen

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    Traveler

    Ich kann dich so gut verstehen Paupau

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    Paula Frühauf

    ❤️❤️❤️

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  • Day 62

    Got a little bit too homey here

    December 4, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Kiiiia Ora from Raglan!

    Wow it's really been a month now since the last entry, time just fucking flew by! But nothing much happend which is why I didn't feel the motivation to write. Still, what's new?!

    Well I've been working as a kitchen hand at the raglan club for the past few weeks, lovely people, good atmosphere just a tad annoying doing all those dishes🙄🙄😂 naah, sometimes I'm asked to do some deserts or peel a few onions, and thats quite nice, even the peeling...kind of like meditating🤔... aaanyways! Had to get a job at some point, and Sue got me that short term job opportunity which I'm really fucking grateful for! Was perfect, now I even have some experience as a kitchen hand and a nz reverence, those are really important over here!

    Had a couple of shit weeks/days though, dunno, was in a bad mood without a reason but I guess that life and I'm good again now. Currently working on a drawer for under my bed in my car, Simon was so kind as to let me use his little work place at home and there are all the tools I need. Helps me a whole fucking lot!

    Oh and I've hand-sewed some curtains for my car windows for FOUR HOURS and now those little f***ers -sorry for all the swearing (sorry grandma and grandpa of you're reading this😂🙈) are still reeking weirdly sweet after washing them a thousand times, and no, it's not the washing powder😂. Yeah, I'll need to figure out something to use as curtains because everybody can watch me sleep in there as of now and I'd rather not know how disgusting I look probably drooling all over my pillow😂.

    What else is new, ah yes a French guy (Alex) moved into lazy stayz, very nice with a very French accent, we had a few really good chats and apperently missed an earthquake of 4.5 because we were playing portal (which was fucking hilarious by the way)!

    And today I actually wrote a song again which I'm quite happy with, even though it's not finsihed yet. It's so weird how sometimes the inspiration randomly strikes and the lyrics and melodies just flow out of me and how without it, every try of writing a nice song is hopeless. Just a tad bit sad that my songs are never truly happy and more emotional/sad, not because I'm always sad but because that's my only source of inspiration up until now. So not really party bangers my little songs. Am I getting too personal here? Feels a bit more like a diary entry but oh well, whatever😂😂

    That should be about it, hope everyone who's reading this is doing okay, most of you probably shivering in the wintery cold of Europe, poor people😝. But I'm writing this out of my car and the nights here are only 10 degrees so I'm feeling it too😂

    Goodnight and Goodbye from Raglan, sincerely your weather updater from New Zealand

    (okay sorry it's clearly too late and I should go to sleep😂)
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    Traveler

    Also deine Audrucksweise gefällt mir gar nicht, Paula… 😂

    12/4/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    Die ist hier halt ein bischeeeen... intensiver😊😂

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    Traveler

    My dear daughter, I'm sad to read that sadness is one of your best inspiration. However: I though you have worked on it, and maybee it is the only way channeling your energies - I realy hope u find your way into live. You always know that I love u (the only way a dad could) , equal whether I'm nearby or 22ooo Km away (or no longer on this earth) PAPS

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    Paula Frühauf

    och papaaa fang doch nicht immer mit sowas an😟 hab dich auch lieb<3 und ja eigentlich ist es ja gut das aus der Traurigkeit was kreatives entsteht!

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  • Day 31

    Just some more Fotos and videos

    November 3, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Just some more Fotos and Videos I wanted to add, they are limited per footprint.

    P.S.: The foto's are not nearly comparing to the real life version, that's really bumming me out because it's just so much more beautiful than on these shitty foto's that only cover such a small part of this experience!!!Read more

    Traveler

    ich freue mich schon auf weiter auto-updates

    11/2/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    Heute regnets, ich kann nicht bauen 😢

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    Traveler

    🥰

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  • Day 31

    Just cruisin🤙

    November 3, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Heyyhoo long time no see, Kia Ora from New Zealand🥝

    I know it's been a while but I'm getting maybe even a bit too comfortable here, so I don't really feel the need to write an entry. But that's a good thing because that means I'm not that overwhelmed anymore and I'm getting to settle in this new life style of mine. Still I want to keep everyone entertained who reads this updated sooo let's gooo:

    It's been nearly a month and I still love it here and let's be honest, why would I not?! But I'm really struggling to remember what I did the last few days. Everything's so chill here😂 oooh yeah right I bought a car!!! It's a Toyota wish, 7 seater but the seats are foldable so that it becomes a flat surface, quite cool. The day after buying it I was actually in a reeeally bad mood because I haven't thought about not beeing able to do freedom camping with this kind of car. Freedom camping is beeing legally allowed to just sleep any place you want, in your car. But for that you need to be self contained hence you need to have a basin, two 12 litre watertanks (waste and fresh water) connected to the basin with a pump and a toilet that you can use IN the car. Yeah well that's not gonna happen with this vehicle😂 wellI got over it after Wade built me this amazing construct to put my bed on with some storage room under it in about half an hour (thanks again maaate<3). I continued working on it and sawing my ass off to get some planks that I put on the construct so that my fancy mattress doesn't get all moldy and has some fresh air from underneath. Tommorow I'm gonna start building a drawer for underneath, im actually quite proud of myself but yeah, I have nothing else to do and it's fun! Also bought some lights and curtains and camping gear so I'm all set for camping in my car which I'm pretty exited about.

    Apart from that I went on some beautiful trips, one was with Mel, another amazing roommate here at lazy stays, to a hot beach. I think its called 'kawiar' (not certain about the spelling though😅). For everyone who doesn't know what a 'hot beach' is, it's a part of a beach where there is vulcanic activity underneath. So when you dig a hole at the right place, it fills up with warm water. A - fucking - mazing!!! Crazy panorama view while you sit in a warm water pool❤️❤️❤️ only annoying that the sand is washing in the pool all the time to close it up😂 still awesome, if you are ever near such place, DO IT!
    The driver there was over one of New Zealands notorious gravel-road. Well they are something for sure... More of a one-drive-lane and super slippery but maaan... It went along and a top of the most beautiful coastlines and through some parts of the Bush so it's definitely worth driving it, at least when youre on the passenger seat😜

    Oh yeah then I also moved into lazy stayz again, but again only for a short amount of time. I'm glad to be back though, even for the five days I was at the backpackers I missed the guys here, I love them so much<3!

    Went to a beach with Shannon called 'rua puki' (again not sure about the spelling) which is also the place where I plan on staying on a campsite. The surrounding are mostly Bush and cliffs and coasts but I love it, and I'm looking forward to be even more isolated than in Raglan. At least for a few days. Anyways, the trip to the beach was short but super fun nonetheless. It's just that I can sooo be myself around Shannon and all the other friends I made here too and that's one of the best thing that could have happened to me here. I think you can tell from the videos and fotos😂.

    Aaaand I went to the pub and raglan club a lot, played lots of pool aaaand, even better, snookeeeer, yaayyy! I fucking love snooker, even longer shots than while playing pool, a even bigger challenge, what's not to love?! And again it's sooo easy to meet new people here! I met Simon, a super nice guy that I played some pool with and just had a great deep talk with just now, together with one of the musicians I played with.

    Oh yeah that's right, I sang two songs at an open mic night at the club too! It was so nice to jam again with some people, loved it! I sang 'Valerie' and 'sitting on the doc of the bay' and the lazy stayz people and Simon where so proud, was super sweet😂❤️

    What else? I was at a goodbye barbeque of max, another awesome guy and former lazy-stayz-stayer (yeah that's definitely a word), who was around a lot - we had a little jam once too and even if he doesnt wanna hear it, he plays the guitar reeally good and has a really nice singing voice. I partyed with friends and had a wild drunk e-scooter ride, was sooo fun😂😂😂 and I chilled a bit too much. But still a lot of things happened and I'm having the best time here! I honestly couldn't have made a better decision than coming to New Zealand, this is 100 percent right for me! The right people, the right landscape, the right amount of new and adventour and the right mindset. No scheduling your day and beeing focused on what to achieve, instead socializing, having a good time even after work is done, and doing stuff just to have some fun and action in your life. The people here are so much happier and more social here because they have this mindset. Just making your life about work, money and surviving isn't necessary if you cut back on some luxury in the Form of objects and instead use your time and money to have a good time in the present. I'm convinced that that is what makes a live fulfilled and what makes you think of your life without major regrets.

    Okay enough of the philosophical thoughts, this entry is long enough😂 I hope everyone is having a good time too, have a nice day, I'm gonna go to sleep now. 'it ain't no lie, baby bye bye bye, bye bye'! guess the song? 😂
    Okay, for real, goodnightyday<3
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    Traveler

    Du siehst so schön happy aus 😍

    11/2/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    Bin ich auch😊

    11/2/22Reply
    Traveler

    Und lass mich raten… 🤔 Bye bye bye von NSYNC

    11/2/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    Na sischerlisch😂

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  • Day 16

    'Backpackers' with my backpack😎

    October 19, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Kia Ora and good evening!

    What is this shit, I made a whole long footprint yesterday but I didn't safe it and now it's gone😤 anyways😪... Here's what I wrote and more:

    Apparently I had to move into the backpackers to get my backpack back because that day I got a call and the next day my backpack miracly arrived. Only two weeks after my arrival in Auckland, oh well, it could have been worse.

    The last days have been crazy eventful, Shannon took me and Athena, a super nice girl from Denmark, on a bush walk to see the bridal veil falls, my first Bush walk, yaaayyy🤩 nature is so beautiful here, so many exotic plants, palms and some really cool birds too! So after an amazing but short trip through some bush and a lot of stairs we got to the waterfall which was nice but it couldn't compair with the nature around it, I'm just more for the bush part😂.

    The day after that I had a chill day with Athena, we made some delicious curry! She wouldn't admit it but she's a really good chef, made some amazing vegetarian pasta today too!

    Yesterday Shannon took me on a kayak tour over the little bay that raglan is around, to the 'pancake rocks' what a delicious view that was höhö😎 no, really, it was outstanding! Pretty much some caves and sharp rocks all around the coast with plants growing inside and on top. And then the aquamarine water, burning sun and the full raglan panorama, that's just something else entirely. Later a tasty kebab and chilling in the jacuzzi of the hostel where I met a Belgium girl, Nele. After that I wanted to teach some guys I met while playing pool (Jarod and Ryan) how to surf so she tagged along but it all went kind of wrong (rhyme skills💪) cause Jarod brought me a wetsuit I asked for and it was way too small and my togs ( kiwi slang for swim gear), which I lent from Shannon, were !definitely! not made for surfing, so I just went for a swim and I can tell you 15 degrees are even fucking cold with a wetsuit on! Whatever, we had a nice chat at the bar over some beers later, so that was fun, too.

    And today was even better, the four of us went again for a surf (but the new wetsuit Jarod brought was still too small, sucked, so I rented one), was quite choppy but still way better than the north sea (sorry, love you north sea<3). Back on the parking lot we met two awesome guys, Simon from Iceland and Issac who's a Kiwi, and I'm so glad I met them cause we had an amazing time! After teaching Simon how to surf we made pasta and had a crazy jam session just now, with guitar and singing!!! Some random druggi joined us with some crazy impro rapping skills and it couldn't have been more perfect, really. What's happening right now is everything I wished for and it's all possible because of these incredible people! They randomly greet and wave and ask how you're doing, sometimes even start a real conversation and nearly everyone is so much happier and friendlier and more open, probably because they are so social. Try to do that in Germany, just talking to people on the streets. They'd think you wanna sell em something or you're crazy.

    What I love even more is the mindset of 'JUST DO IT' especially Shannon inspired me so much, whatever pops in her head she just does and that's the best thing you can do if you want to LIVE! Don't overthink it, you wanna go have a weekend trip? Just pack your stuff and go! You want to make some music, just make a call and gather some people, and here they really do come! I know I say awesome and amazing a lot but it is just that, no actually it is awemazing, yeah no its definitely not amazome thats something else, no its awemazing, is what it is😂!

    So enough of the pep talk I just wanted to get across how fun life is if you just DO❤️

    Issac and I decided that we should go make some street music that'd be such a vibe, I hope that's gonna happen!

    Okay that's enough for one footprint (saved this one so many times, sooo annoying when everything you write gets lost uff).

    Goodnight, sleep tight, or maybe not, you German people just take a nap maybe😂<3

    P.S.: Sooorry for the horrible video quality some bullshit that is🥴
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    Traveler

    Oh Paupau ich freue mich so für dich 😍😍

    10/19/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    naww<333

    10/19/22Reply
    Traveler

    Oh, was passiert da am Himmel?

    10/19/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    Wunderschöne Sonnenuntergänge😂❤️ kann man auf Fotos nur so schlecht sehen, der Himmel war absolut orange wie so ne reife Mango

    10/19/22Reply
    Traveler

    ....ich erinnere mich...soooo schön😍

    10/30/22Reply
    Paula Frühauf

    jaaa aber echt<3

    11/2/22Reply
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