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Hello!!
Just a quick entry to let you all know I am safely in New Zealand and have settled for a couple of months right on the northern tip of the south island in a little town called Picton. I have a job here working in an ice cream parlour....awesome! Although I'm eating more icecream in a week then I would normally do in a month, it's really getting beyond a joke. However I feel it's my responsibility to at least try all the flavours so that when customers ask me what I suggest I have grounds on which to base my opinions on....that's what I keep telling myself anyway!
I'm also learning to master the coffee machine, a drink I cannot stand even the smell of, but today I have made notes on how to make a short black, tall black, cappucino, Flat white and a Latte.
The town is stunningly beautiful with green mountains circling the valley where the town is situated, and is the base for the harbour where you catch connecting ferries between the north and south island. This is where I go and sit on my lunch break, I don't think I will ever get fed up of the view, it's simply breathtaking.
I'm staying here till the end of the summer (end of April / beginning of May) before heading off again.
I've found a nice hostel to stay in. The first was a bit.....well not great. I was offered drugs at 10am whilst on the phone to my Mum and had to endure a sleepless night when a couple on the bunk above me got a little too friendly at 2am.....no fun at all!!
My new place is lovely though and feeling really happy here, I've even started my running again and found a great route through woods / hills / alongside streams etc.
Hope all is well with everyone back home
Anna x x x
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