in wellington!!!
We've finally made it to the southern most city of the north island. This marks a bit of a turning point in the trip as the south island is going to freezing cold so I don't suspect we'll take that much time to see things. Today we have to book a reservation on a ferry to take our ourselves and our car over the water, I think it's about a 3hour trip on the boat.
Wellington:
It's nice being back in a "big" city again. As I said in the last post we've been doing a bit a driving and although it's beautiful country and I've seen more cows and sheep than I ever seen (and catching brief glimpses of them doing everything they can do which is eating, sleeping, and mating), it's nice to be back in the energy of a city. We walked around a little yesterday and it's a very picturesque city, much like San Francisco as it's right on the bay and the first thing I saw driving in were those big boat crane thi9ngs you see on the Oakland harbor (you SF folks know what I'm talking about)..
We're going to walk around more today so hopefully I'll have more to say on the subject.
Free Internet!!
The hostel we're staying @ tonight has free internet (for 1/2hr), which is a first for us. The only drawback is that this is a crowded hostel and if someone didn't know better they would think it was the international dorm for the local university (or community college as is mostly the case). This becomes a problem not because I feel older than everyone here, or that it's loud @ night, but that the common areas always seemed to be crowded.
Alright my half hour is just about up (plus I'm missing the free breakfast and it's going fast). Thanks for all the emails and blog comments (Les) I'm glad there are people who are reading this thing. As always more pictures to come..
-Jon
posted by Jon @ 1:26 PM
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Remember the joke about the Kiwi and the sheep? No? Ok, here it is:
A New Zealander was washed up on a beach after a terrible shipwreck.
Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed up with him. After looking around, he realized that they were stranded on a deserted island. After being there a while, he got into the habit of taking his two animal companions to the beach every evening to watch the sun set.
One particular evening, the sky was a fiery red with beautiful cirrus clouds, the breeze was warm and gentle - a perfect night for romance.
As they sat there, the sheep started looking better and better to the lonely Kiwi. Soon, he leaned over to the sheep and put his arm around it. But the sheepdog, ever protective of the sheep, growled fiercely until the man took his arm from around the sheep.
After that, the three of them continued to enjoy the sunsets together, but there was no more cuddling.
A few weeks passed by and, lo and behold, there was another shipwreck.
The only survivor was a beautiful young woman, the most beautiful woman the man had ever seen. She was in a pretty bad way when he rescued her and he slowly nursed her back to health.
When the young maiden was well enough, he introduced her to their evening beach ritual. It was another beautiful evening - red sky, cirrus clouds, a warm and gentle breeze - perfect for a night of romance. Pretty soon, the Kiwi started to get "those feelings" again.
He fought the urges as long as he could, but he finally gave in and leaned over to the young woman, cautiously, and whispered in her ear
"Would you mind taking the dog for a walk?
that's gross
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