I arrived at my final destination last Friday and am now staying with my friends Denise and Ross, and their little duaghter Ellie. I met them four years ago in California, and they're the best hosts I could hope for!
New Zealand is great and I'm looking forward to learning all kinds of interesting stuff about the Maori and the country. We've been to Mt. Taranaki and around the countryside a bit, and are planning a couple of weekend trips to Rotorua, Wellington, Matamata (“Hobbiton”) and the Waitomo caves. Also I've sent my driving license off to be translated, so maybe I'll be driving round New Plymouth myself soon in Denise's old car… Let's hope I never forget to drive on the wrong side of the road! 🙂
Only drawback here is that it's pretty cold, specially considering that I came from almost 40 degress celsius. Actually, my fingers are frozen stiff, so I'll keep this short… *hugs*