Sunday
The flight was slightly delayed as someone got off again in Nadi due to feeling unwell, but that didn't matter as we had an upgraded plane from the way here and had screens which was awesome! I started to watch La La Land but got pretty bored half an hour in so gave up and watched Life of Pi instead, which I have no regrets about! Sadly, when we got to Auckland it was bittersweet as I was saying goodbye to Emma. I know we'll see each other soon but it's so weird to spend a month and a half seeing the same person every day to just separating from them!
To save a bit of money in Auckland, Lisa (from Contiki) had recommend that I stay with her friend Neil through Couchsurfing. I'd never done Couchsurfing before so I was a bit nervous, but Neil is so kind that I really didn't need to worry about anything! He even offered to pick me up from the airport, which was super nice! He lives in an apartment in the Heritage Hotel, which means I can use the pool and spa pools there which is awesome!
As it was a rainy Sunday, we decided to go to the cinema to watch Logan. Typically, I hadn't seen any of the other Wolverine films so I didn't quite understand everything, but it was pretty spectacular. Neil then showed me a local Asian food market and we grabbed food there - it was so delicious! After eating we just had a chilled night. Neil will be working in the week so I will only really see him in the evenings.
Monday
After a nice leisurely morning, I headed into town to sort a few bits out and grab some food - the bacon bread from my favourite bakery! I had an interview at 1 in Parnell so I grabbed a bus up there as I didn't know how long it would take to walk. I needn't have worried though as it was closer than I thought!
The interview went really well. It was more of a further get to know me and how good of an Au Pair I would be kind of thing but it was great fun and Morgan, the lady I have been talking to about au Pair work, is really lovely and made everything so easy and clear!
That took about an hour, so I continued up to Newmarket to go to the big Warehouse to get a New Zealand phone. I just got a cheap little alcatel phone, thinking it would be easy to use and set up. When I got back to the hotel I went to set it up, and it was telling me I had JavaScript turned off so I couldn't get on the Vodafone page, I couldn't find a single thing on my phone to turn it on so I gave up, deciding to go to Vodafone the following day!
I spent the rest of the day chilling out and reading as the weather wasn't overly great, until Neil came back from work. We went to grab stuff for dinner and rented out Deadpool as I haven't seen it yet and my bro keeps on at me to watch it!
Tuesday
Today was another chill out day (unsurprisingly). There wasn't really anything I needed to get done, so I just watched Call the Midwife for a bit (it's so nice having decent wifi and actually being able to watch Netflix) and then went into town. I grabbed my favourite dumplings (they will never get old) and didn't do a whole lot else all day!
After dinner, Neil and I played the board game 221b Baker Street. It's pretty cool, obviously it's based around Sherlock Holmes and you have a card that tells you about a scenario and then you have to work out a few things. For example, we had to work out the name of the thief, and how he disappears so quickly. Then you go around the bored, going to different buildings and there is a clue in each place you have to look up in a book. It was pretty hard and I didn't get anything right! But hopefully
if I play it again I'll get it!
Wednesday
Today the weather was gorgeous, so I went and chilled out on the rooftop pool, taking it in turns to sunbathe and swim.
After a while I started to get hungry, so went to Wendy's for the classic $5 meal and then I wandered over to a park to read in the sun for a bit.
Every Wednesday, they hold a weekly drinks for people who host and Couchsurf in Auckland, so we went along to that. I met some really cool people that we're hopefully gonna go out with on St Patrick's day which will be awesome!
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