This morning I went whalewatching – and this time, I even got to see two actual whales from up close (as opposed to last time in Cape Cod)! We saw two sperm whales (“Pottwale” in German), one of them for quite a long time, breathing on the surface before diving, giving us a lovely view of his tail. I asked a German girl with a good camera if she can send me her photos, so there might even be photographic evidence that’s actually recognizable… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Not so good was that I was horribly seasick, worse than ever before. Seriously, despite being very happy about seeing whales, I was even more happy when it was over and I was back on firm land! I wasn’t the worst off, however – a German guy puked pretty much right through the whole trip. We all felt very bad for him. I must admit, this is probably the last time I’ll do something like that – apparently my motion sickness is getting worse as I get older. Ah well, it was still cool, and I met a nice British woman who works here in NZ.<\/p>\n
The afternoon I spent happily lazing about on the beach. Absolutely wonderful – I just lay down on my jacket, looked up into the bright blue sky and at the turquoise ocean while listening to an audiobook (‘Stardust’ by Neil Gaiman, one of my all-time favorite novels). The beaches here are either pebbles or black sand, but that didn’t take away from the relaxation factor at all.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I’m off to Christchurch, but I’ll only spend an afternoon there, as the bus to Mt. Cook will leave insanely early on Saturday. But it should give me enough time to have a wander around the supposedly very pretty town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning I went whalewatching – and this time, I even got to see two actual whales from up close (as opposed to last time in Cape Cod)! We saw two sperm whales (“Pottwale” in German), one of them for quite a long time, breathing on the surface before diving, giving us a lovely view … <\/p>\n