Off to Wellington!

Hey guys.

So today at 850 my bus left for Wellington. I left Felix, Thomas (a french man who worked at the hostel and who's in my picture) and my new American friends behind and off I went. In the first hour I met Martin who was from Germany and a chemistry major. He had studied 4 years and had another 5 to go for his PhD. WOW.

Then at the stop that he got off Maria (a german girl I had briefly met at the hostel 2 days before) got on and came and sat with me. We chatted a bit and got to know each other a bit better. She was a nurse in Berlin. She was given 6 weeks vacation each year so she made it a habit of taking 4 weeks each year on a new continent. Pretty neat! And wow 6 weeks vacation...as far as I know that's not really a thing in Canada.

The bus stopped for a quick lunch around 1230. This 40 ish year old man walked up to me and said "hey Terrence how are your travels going!?" After seeing the puzzled look on my face he followed with "or should I call you chief?" And then it clicked that he had been on the Mitai experience a few nights before. Honestly it felt pretty great to be known for participating in the event like that 😊

After a quick lunch I got back on the bus for another four hours or so until we got to Wellington. I slept a little bit on the way. Around 515 we pulled into the bus station and Chris was eagerly awaiting me. Back story:I met Chris last summer in Berlin. Him and stayed in the same hostel for a few days and then took the same train down to Dresden as well before reconnecting in Prague. I had let Chris know I was coming to NZ a few weeks ago and then I let him know two days ago that I would be in Wellington this weekend and asked if he wanted to grab a drink. He happily agreed and also invited me to stay on his couch to save some accommodation money. What a nice guy hey!?

So Chris and I took the 40 minute walk back to his house along the coastline. It was beautiful scenery. Once we got back to his place I had a shower and met his flatmate Sage. The three of us ordered some Indian take out and had a relaxing evening of TV and snacks. Unfortunately I seem to have woken up with a cold today so that was exactly what I needed.

Anyways. Early bedtime today in order to fight the cold and charge up for tomorrow. Chris seems to have lots of ideas for tomorrow so I'm quite excited! Goodnight everyone!

-Terrence outLue lisää