Fernweh

So it's Monday, and I was supposed to do an interview for my study this morning. But it just seems to be jinxed, because after I had been sick on Friday, today the tape recorder didn't work… Oh well, time to catch up on email and journaling… Despite not feeling well we left for Rotorua [...]

I arrived at my final destination last Friday and am now staying with my friends Denise and Ross, and their little duaghter Ellie. I met them four years ago in California, and they're the best hosts I could hope for! New Zealand is great and I'm looking forward to learning all kinds of interesting stuff [...]

A guy in my room gave me the rest of his internet time before he left, so I thought I'd let you know that I've arrived in NZ in one piece. Tomorrow I'll go to my friends' home in New Plymouth and get started on my field work – but today has been touristy sightseeing. [...]

I am currently in Sidney, my last stop before Auckland – finally the end is in sight! This is a free internet terminal, so I can't take it up for too long, and I need to get my boarding pass for Auckland anyway – but let me just tell you one thing: NEVER EVER have [...]

Thought before Michi and I head to the train station for the airport I'd quickly share my itinerary… The next two days don't look like fun at all. Have I ever mentioned that I don't really like flying? And airports aren't that interesting either. Anyway, here's the thing – always using local time ( just [...]