Post #162 - March 22, 2013 - Wellington, New Zealand

What we did: walked around the pier
Budget: NZ$150/$125; Spent: NZ$115/$97

• Woke up quite late this morning
• Went down to have breakfast and to do some trip planning; booked a flight from Wellington to Auckland for Monday, March 25, which is the day we are also leaving NZ, but we have plenty of time in between flights; hopefully no problems come of this! We were also looking into accommodations for Bali, but didn't find anything in particular
• Around 3pm we finally set out into the city and walked down the pier for the next couple of hours; it is a really beautiful place and perfect for a great afternoon walk
• We saw people jumping into the ocean from certain places, and there was even a crooked stairway that led to a dead end that people were jumping off of into the ocean, it was very neat; people from NZ seem to love scaring the heck out of themselves
• We also found a plank that jutted out into the ocean; at one point, school kids were playing on it; that was fun to watch
• Eventually we ended up on some rocks in a quieter part and chatted as the sun set over the city; it was a really nice place to sit because we were in the middle of a big city, but it was relatively quiet there; it was a good spot
• On our way back to our hostel we stopped by the grocery store to pick up some more food for dinner tonight; we made steak and potatoes, with onions and mushrooms; we were going to make a soup as well, but we were too full to eat it
• We then blogged a little and chatted late into the night; at one point a very drunk fellow wandered in, clearly from a night at the bar, and proceeded to tell us his life story about how he had lost the love of his life of 9 years only about half a year ago; he was crying on and off, seemed like he actually needed someone to talk to; he was an interesting person, but kept us up quite late with all his chatting
• Once he had left us, we went to bed