If I had to describe my first impression of New Zealand, it would be that to me it feels like a mash up of Hawaii and England, with a touch of St. Kitts in there.
My trip over was mostly uneventful with a couple of moments of terror in between when I thought I was going to miss my connections at both transfer points. The 14 hours between Vancouver and Auckland was actually quite pleasant and I think I slept at least 8 hours during that trip. My feet did swell up awfully though. I think the salty airplane food, not drinking enough water, and not moving around much is the cause. It did not last long thankfully.
I arrived at the house I am staying at no problem. The flat mate who was supposed to meet me thought I was getting in much later, so that meant I got to meet the lovely neighbors in the area. They were very kind and let me use their phone to call him, and he came right over.
The house is nice, lots of sky lights and a very fancy kitchen. There is a huge garden with veg we are welcome to eat, which I plan to take full advantage of.
I explored a bit yesterday and today. It was a gorgeous sunny day around 70 degrees yesterday, today was not so nice and I have been mostly restricted to being indoors. After my adventures around town I realized that there is not much in this little town, and I may have seen all there is to see already. I still need to get out to the peninsula though, but I am waiting for a better day for that.
Subarus are super popular here. I can count 4 from my bedroom window!
That is all for now. Tomorrow is my first day at the vet clinic, I sure hope I like it!
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