christmas week

yayyyy its christmas week! im working christmas eve and boxing day (what they call dec 26th overseas) but the restaruant is closed on christmas day so i will have time to enjoy the holiday. i plan to hang out at the telecom tree which is a gigantic "tree" made of lights that you can sit in and around in big comfy bean bag chairs they always have there! its right next to the harbour as well. i hope to get my special christmas package from mom by christmas as well so i can hang up my stocking that she sent :) NZ post is a little crazy though so Im going to try to track it down this week! on christmas day here i will be calling home (christmas eve there) to talk to mom, julie, grace and (hopefully) jonah. i am sad to be missing my neice and nephews christmas but hopefully I will be able to spend many christmass in the future with them and the rest of the family. in the meantime I will enjoy the warm summer christmas weather!

welly time

heading back to wellington - sad to leave the calm, beautiful, magical world of National Park Villiage!

the xing

went on the crossing today - had great luck with perfect weather! it was just a fabulous as i remember, so tired now but very happy!

also got great news today - Pooja is coming to visit me in NZ in Feb!!! Cant wait for 10 days of fun hanging out with her and going to do cool touristy things in NZ, yayyyyy!

hiking trip

next week i will be returning to the National Park to hike the tongaria crossing - so excited! its great to return to favorite places to reexperience them - for instance this time i will know to pack more water and snacks because National Park town has no grocery stores or corner shop.

Everything in Wellington is great but of course the itch to travel is always there - the best things about NZ is the stunning nature here so I dont want to miss out on that because Im always in the city!