Just when you’ve gotten used to the life on a plane, it is over and you are..there.
Flying is not bad at all, I have to say as a conclusion. I never felt unsafe, landing and starting is a little more special than the rest and the food is alright given the circumstances. On my last flight (from Melbourne to Wellington I flew with Qantas, not with Emirates) I even got a Lindor chocolate. That made me happy! 🙂
After a last safety control and a short wait at the baggage claim I was standing there. At the Wellington airport with a visitor visa in my pocket.
Middle of Middle Earth is written on the outside of the airport.
Wellington welcomes me kind and sunny. After the bus took me into the city I walked off towards the church that’s next to my hostel. I even managed to find it, though I couldn’t have guessed that it was kinda the wrong church. 😀 I asked some people for the way and went on. As I was getting more and more unsure about my way I asked some more people. As revealed later, they were Klaus and Jennifer. Klaus is from Germany and lives for a couple of years in New Zealand now with Jennifer. When I was asking them about the way they offered to drive me there. There I was. One that is lost in a foreign city. One that has just had a two days long flight. One that is this far away from home for the first time. So we put my baggage into the car that was parked a few steps further and they drove me (some way actually) to the hostel. Until now I can’t quite believe it, especially on my first day and maybe you could notice. Here goes a BIG Thank You to you guys as without your help I couldn’t get to the finest part that soon. To the SLEEP!
I reported at the reception of the hostel, received the keys and shortly after that I found myself inside the room. I have to admit that considering the little hours of sleep and some excitement of the last days I was quite well. On the outside! Wisely I decided to hit the sheets right on the spot. My roommate is a lovely Taiwanese girl. She has two washbags hanging on the bed and then I am happy to be a boy. 😛
I arrived between the sheets and slept. I recalculated: Approx. 16 hours. :):) That’s why I am wide awake right now, as it should be. So I have (hopefully) cured the Jetlag with sleep…
This morning I rose, showered and went out. In Wellington it is 16 degrees and it is windy. They told me in Wellington it is always windy and this is quite calm. I might find out eventually. 🙂 I went to the waterfront, too and just looked at the city. Without my camera for now, but with open eyes. I still can’t grasp where I am. I will visit the national museum ‘Te Papa’, I have decided spontaneously. Maybe I’ll get some clarity there. 😀
On the little tour I got myself a travel adapter and a bottle of L&P. That is the national beverage of the Kiwis. “World famous in New Zealand” says the other side. 😉
