Goodbye New Zealand
5 ottobre 2023, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
And now I'm sitting at the airport, wondering how I got here...
So for the last time: Kia Ora!
Its been one whole year, at least that's what the calender tells me. It feels like only a month and like a whole life time all at once...
I'm not sure what's going on with me right now, I should be sad or exited or scared or everything at the same time but I just feel indifferent, maybe that'll change on the flight, ill see.
The last two weeks in Raglan have been great albeit a bit boring at times. Lots of going to the club to play snooker, chat and drink. Lots of spending time with friends. Lots of planning and organizing and desperately trying to get my head and stuff and life together. Some surfing and some surfboard repairing, which is way easier than I thought but still kind of meditative.
And now nearly all loose ends are tied up in New Zealand.
I said goodbye to everyone yesterday, sold my guitar and some other things as well as my car in Hamilton today. The buyer's a really nice guy and I'm glad my Vanette (that's her name, which is pronounced vaneddy by the way👆) will be in good hands!
Shannon and Wade had their baby, and he's beautiful🥺 I never understood why people alwaysalwaysalways say, that and that baby is sooo beautiful but after holding that tinytiny, grumpy looking, crying, 3-day-old, little human in my arms, I understood. Little Kylo is absolutly beautiful and I am definitely going to have kids one day! My little nephew, Kylo River Watson! I love the name!
And after saying goodbye to them at the birthing center today and selling the van I got on the bus to the airport, with my flight going in half an hour now and I don't even know how to wrap everything that happend, up in feelings, much less in words.
And suddenly I'm already in the plane.
Time's not known to have mercy with the ones that got stuck somewhere along the way.
My time in New Zealand was beautiful, a series of challenges, a lot of new people, a new mindset. It was sometimes painful, sometimes filling me to the brim with happiness. It was growing and learning and learning that no matter where you go and what you run from, you will never outrun yourself. And that is as much frustrating as it is comforting, because no matter what happens, you are always going to be your only true constance. And you can also be your own home, if you let yourself at least.
And now it's time for take off.
Not sure what will be but I'm glad that my adventure is not over yet.
To be continued...Leggi altro
Viaggiatore With open eyes and mind you will find your way - as well in...? <3 Paps
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