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    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 132

      Why?

      February 5, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

      This week isn't much about to work, because there is nearly nothing to do anymore. Yesterday we had a day off and today we worked from 8am until 11 am. And that's it. We couldn't believe. And therefore we wake up early?

      We picked Strawberries and after three weeks I needed to pick to. That was so strange. But we could have known that there isn't much work for the day.

      After work Alan made some Coffee for Tim and me and we had a nice little chat together. He is really nice and likes to talk a lot! But that's good, he always has something to talk about.

      At 12 o'clock we met at the ice cream shop with the others (Manon, Jacob, Andrea) to enjoy the ice cream there. Tim got strawberry and raspberry (yes we can still see and eat Strawberries after seeing them everyday 😄) and I got boysenberry with lemon-passionfruit-sauce. Sooo good!

      We talked a lot, Manon and I were talking about make-up and everything and it was sooo great to talk with someone over it! Because I can't really talk over make-up and girly things with Tim, I mean I could but it is different.

      Later the day we met again at the campground and the fact that Alan has given me some older plums, means that I wanted to do some plum cake for us. I did the whole cake with my hands, like no help from a machine.

      The cake takes so long to be ready to eat but when it was done, it tasted so amazing!

      We decided to do BBQ again and like everytime we got the kepabsticks, this time with onions, and cucumber with good Danish feta! Yummy!

      We were talking and talking until I got to much pain because of my period and at 9 pm we went back to our room at the farm.

      Tim called his sister Lisa via Skype and now we are going to play some minecraft!

      And the weather was sooo hot today! So summer hasn't end!      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 124

      Work work work

      January 28, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Tim is the lucky one today, he has a day off and I need to work. But it wasn't much stuff to do, just the usually things in the morning and after that I renewed the cardboards with the products and prices. Alan would have a meeting at 12 o'clock and Dot is at a market down in Wellington, that means I need to take care of the shop and pick strawberries at the same time. I got the buzzer, which would let me know if a car comes or leaves. In the time I was working, Tim got a haircut (poor curls, I like them). At 2 o 'clock it was weekend for me, too! Yes! Tomorrow and Monday we will have day off.
      Later we will go eating ice cream with the other pickers 😊🍦💃 And maybe have a BBQ again 😍

      And we are now one month here!      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 125

      One day left!

      January 29, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

      Finally it is our day off! We slept until 12 pm and the day was hot and sunny like summer should be! After the autumn feeling weather was it a good change!

      Hopefully the weather will be tomorrow as good as it was today😁

      We had washed our shoes the night and they looked like new. Yes!

      Manon needed to work today and we wanted to visit her and eat ice cream. We finally got to the one, they were telling us about the whole time.

      After that we did grocery shopping and got back to our room at the farm. There we shortly talked to Alan. The Said to me that he is glad when i am back at work cause it is f*ucking busy. 😄

      We cooked the same meat we had at the BBQ the days before (it is so yummy!) with cucumber and Feta!

      And for the evening we will relax in our room and maybe Skype with friends and family 🙌      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 95

      Time to earn some money!

      December 30, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      We arrived 10 min before 8 am and there where more other pickers than we had accepted. The woman, who would now be our boss, told me directly that we are on a farm and that I need to wear proper shoes and to tide up my hair. Oh dear, I didn't expected that to happen, we thought that it would be like our last job, but no.
      Work started right now. No introduction, work!

      She took us to the raspberries and showed us shortly how we are going to pick raspberries and that was it. With the words 'Of you go' we started.

      We picked and picked and after that we picked strawberries. The first day was really exciting and everything was new to us. With us started another german couple.

      The bosses name is Dot. And Dot does came like every half an hour to check if everything goes alright. But if not, she told you!

      That day we worked about 9 hours.      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 119

      Wellington Anniversary Day

      January 23, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      Finally it is our day off today and we can relax!
      A long sleep and a day in bed sound really good to us. We had wraps with tuna, Salat, eegs and mayo for dinner. How fast a dayoff is gone. It is so sad, but we need to survive two to three more weeks and than we can move on 😊

      Today is also the anniversary of Wellington, that means it is a public holiday and the most stores are closed 😱
      And we worked like 9 days without a break, because they only wanted to give us today a day off. 'There is too much work' yes but sometimes you need a break to charge again.
      Soo that's why we are really enjoying the day!      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 106

      Is this a good day?

      January 10, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Something is about to change, I can feel it. The last two days I needed to go to the packhouse and pack the new strawberries/raspberries. Dot (our boss) just said "After you've finished your row, go to the packhouse". Normally we are picking strawberries and raspberries the whole day.
      We start at 8 am and nobody really know when we can finish. Some days it's 4pm, sometimes 5 pm and sometimes 6 pm. And today my day ended quarter for 7. Yes, no one told me or Tim that it will take so long.
      But the fact, that the other two girls, Rebecca and Lisa, will leave the shop, I will be the new shoplady.

      Sounds good? Yes! It is different work, I can improve my English and Dot and Alan are way nicer.

      Both of them are terrible in remembering names.

      Dot told me that she's thinking about to make Tim the new Supervisior, because the old one left yesterday and she needs the help of one out by the berries.

      I hope we will manage to stay longer.      Read more

    • Shelly on adventureNew Zealand
      Day 108

      What about this day?

      January 12, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Guess who did became a Supervisior today. Yes, finally Dot showed Tim everything he needs to know. One good thing is that he can drive with the quad around the farm. He now needs to bring all the picked berries in front of the packhouse and has to weigh them. Furthermore in every block there should be enough trays and punnets. He is a little bit like a 'slave', but that's how all of us feel. So many people are coming and going so fast. I think that we can be lucky to have a different job. We should withstand that longer.
      It is hard work, like every work here. But after that day both of us were so tired.      Read more

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