Blogs from Picton, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 9

I woke up with a pretty good hangover but I dragged my butt out of bed for work. I made some toast and then went to see how Carolin was. She was worse off then me haha. She asked me for some toast so I brought her a piece and then she couldn’t remember asking for it and told me she didn’t want it haha. Silly girl! She had to ask for the day off because she couldn’t get out of bed haha. I was on kitchen duty which was ok. After work we didn’t do anything else. Carolin and I just layed around on the couches and drank a lot of water haha.... read more

After work today we went to the library again. Stayed there for about an hour before Carolin and I went over to the bead store. It’s this awesome store where you can buy any and every kind of bead you can imagine and then sit there and make your own jewellery. You get to design it and make it. We both ended up making necklaces. Mine is with turquoise stars and circles with some hematite. It’s awesome. We spent a good 2 and a half hours there before heading back and making burgers for our woofer dinner. It’s so funny, we bought some frozen burgers because they are cheaper and as we are eating them we are all thinking, these taste like lamb. Turns out they were lamb burgers which is the cheapest meat. So strange!!!! ... read more

Was up early and ate some breakfast. Today is my day off so I headed off on a hike. I had to walk around the marina as the foot bridge was being worked on and then started the hike to Bob's bay. It's an awesome hiking trail right along the coast from Picton and you can see the ferries coming in and out. I saw a sign and a trail that headed up so I took it. At the top there was a gravel road that led to the Snout track. It has some amazing views of the Queen Charlotte Sounds. I took loads of pictures and had a good day for it. By the time I got back to the hostel though my legs were hurting and I couldn't wait for a shower! The sun ... read more

Today is labour day in New Zealand so everyone has the day off but us hostel workers haha. Today was pretty boring. We hung out with Ben for most of the day teasing him which was fun. Did a puzzle, made some dinner. In the evening Julia and Yvonne arrived. They are 2 new woofers also from Germany who will start working tomorrow. Now i'm really surrounded by germans haha. ... read more

Everyone but two people were leaving today so we had to make up 38 beds. There was so much stuff to do! I was on bed duty and then I helped with the laundry as there was so much of it. We played a game of yahtzee and then Ben gave all of us some special ice cream for our hard work and for having to stay in the cabin haha. A new group came in today as part of a wedding party. The bride and groom got married on the ferry over from Wellington. The bride’s dress was hideous!!! It was a huge white poofy thing and then she also had a huge white poofy thing in her hair. Strange. Sorry I didn’t get any pictures of it. But the hostel was full up again ... read more