Blogs from Wellington, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

If my last entry has left you confused I am sorry, it was my way of trying to cleverly tell Robert and Erin that I would be able to return to the states in time for their wedding. I spent the first couple of days of classes figuring out a course schedule that has no final exams and allows me to be completely done with classes the 14th of October. This weekend called for a rainy Saturday so we were all bummed that we would not be able to really get out and explore more. However, when I awoke on Saturday morning it was clear and sunny. On a last minute decision me, Mara, Pablo, Emma, and Ben walked 4 hours down to the Island Bay region of Wellington, which is the southern most point of ... read more

Beautiful Wellington Day 1 - Friday After finding sustenance in my Grande Caramel Macciato in Starbucks, feeling refreshed & refueled, I ventured off into the unknown city (well, unknown to me as everyone else looked like they knew where they were going!). It is so quaint with streets darting off everywhere, people everywhere and little boutique shops that look far too expensive to even walk into! Very arty & chic was the vibe that I got from the city of Wellington. I kept walking and exploring and takings pics and was enthralled by the sights. Wellington has trolley buses...like trams, they are powered by overhead electricity source which they are connected to by cables, but they are buses on wheels, not on tracks. I haven't seen vehicles like these before - fascinating. I kept walking and ... read more

Geo: -41.2865, 174.776Part Two: Tongariro to Wellington. We woke up to pouring rain and gusty northerlies (saw that in the newspaper and I love that description!). Luckily it was down to a drizzle when we had to load up the car. The drive to Wellington was lots of up and down hill, tons of curves and, since it was raining most of the time, I was going pretty slow. The good thing is that New Zealand drivers are pretty polite and I never felt too pressured to go faster. There are lots of places to pull over and let others pass and we also stopped at a few scenic waysides. One was a nice waterfall and others were just nice lookouts over valleys. Eventually we descended out of the hills and the road became a little ... read more

Geo: -41.2865, 174.776Woensdag 16 februari's Morgens namen we de ferry van het Zuidereiland naar het Noordereiland en dit is ook de dag dat we onze campervan inwisselen voor een auto en hotelletjes. Het is een hele verandering. Bovendien komen we van de natuur in de hoofdstad van Nieuw Zeeland terecht. In plaats van in een camper zitten we nu in Wellington in een suite (upgrade gekregen) van het Holiday Inn hotel met zicht op de parlementsgebouwen van NZ. De parlementsgebouwen noemt men "The Beehive" omdat het hoofdgebouw de vorm heeft van een bijenkorf. Het king bed en een eigen badkamer is toch ook een verademing t.o.v. het kamperen. We hebben vanmiddag wat door de stad geslenterd, langs de kaaien, het civic centre en de parlementsgebouwen. Wellington is een toffe, aangename, stad met veel aandacht voor kunst ... read more

Well, it turns out it's been a while since I last wrote this- almost 4 months in fact! I guess a lot has been going on but it just seemed like normal life really, just that I've been living my normal life at the other side of the world, far away from all you lovely people! But now I've finished up at work and tomorrow morning, just after the rugby finishes, I head off to do my last tiny bit of travelling. Then I get back to beautiful but cold and miserable Scotland on the 3rd of December (Flags ready?!). So, I really should do a bit of an update on whats been going on in Wellington the last 4 months! I'll warn you all now though- this is going to be a bit of a ... read more