Another city, another day to wander around. I'll try to keep this quick...
I switched hostels to one thats more central to the city. I originally booked it for one week but i reduced it to 3 nights. The reason I did this was because I got a reply from a farm! I didnt accept it yet just to see what my other options are. There are 2 farms that i could potentially choose from depending if they both accept me. One is working with animals and customer service (a farmstay). And another is picking hazelnuts. The farm that replied first was the farmstay, but the hazelnut picking job includes weekly trips (one of them includes a trip to see rohan). So this is sortof a no brainer. Im going to bust my ass to get to hazelnut picking (although working with animals would be awesome, even if it is shovelling shit). So I have decided to wait for the hazelnut picking opportunity, but if I end up losing both opportunities........ then...... thats okay I ll just continue travelling through New Zealand.
Aside from trying to actually use my work holiday visa, I wandered through Wellington and down Cuba street, which is a nice little hipster street with coffee shops and other little boutique store thingies. I figured I should try the coffee, so I chose one with free wifi. My opinion? The coffee was damn good.
After Cuba St I wandered past a farmers market and went to Te Papa museum. So educational!
After the museum I wandered past a little art exhibit by the waterfront. They were held in freights. One was strings that you could tie together. The weird lady showed me what to do in the exhibit, and later told me that I looked like crushed berries... I hate art thats too abstract. Another freight had fragile boats with little model people and cups of water in the middle. The artist told me to bring back water from the center and save the people if I wanted to. So I tiptoed to bring water and people. I think this was a cool little experiment. The art exhibit lasts a few days so I ll come back another day to see if any douchebags destroy all the fragile pieces.
I then went to St Pauls for church around 5. It wasnt mass, it was an evensong, which is mostly the choir singing for the hour (they were really good). Maybe its an Anglican thing? I figured church would be similar enough. I made sure to pay attention to what I was reading.
In church I always take time to reflect. And that I will share in another post.
- Mike
The performance arcade 2014
- top right "you look like crushed berries"
- bottom right- fragile boats, water and saving people
St Pauls church
Wellington CBD
Te Papa. Another exhibition that makes me feel old
Another display that makes me feel old. Although some things were a few years before my time
Corned beef cow sculpture. Wonder why somoans and polynesians are all big? Corned beef....
More of Wellington waterfront
Fountain in Cuba street
- Mike
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