Fernweh

I’m enjoying my long weekend – too much so, probably, as I haven’t been working on my assignments as I should. Yesterday I showed a German/Australian traveller who’d contacted me on Couchsurfing around Wellington, and in the evening I convinced him and my flatmate Jessica to go dancing at the San Francisco Bathhouse, one of [...]

This is an awesome idea. I hope thousands and thousands of people will participate. (Click the image to get more information.)

Finally started working on the next assignment. Also, met up with Kathrin one more time before she leaves NZ tomorrow. Aww, now all three of my first uni friends here are gone. Anyway, main reason for this post – I found a really cool clip of the All Blacks (NZ rugby team) doing a haka, [...]

I’m a bit sick. I’ve been feeling under the weather for several days, just a bit feverish and generally uncomfortable. It wasn’t bad enough not to go to uni, but today my head’s feeling really stuffy and I can’t concentrate on all the uni stuff I should be doing. So I’m drinking a lot of [...]

I went to pick up a package from Sandra and Pascal this morning (for some reason they don’t deliver parcels, even when you’re home) – it was a Fasnacht (see link on the left)/birthday combo, which made me grin like a loon when I saw all the confetti and the “Schnitzelbängg” (political ballad-type poems). Thanks [...]

I’ve been planning to get another tattoo while I’m here for a long time – my friend Sandi (who’s an illustrator and really good at it) drew an image I’d had in my mind for years and two friends recommended a tattoo artist here in Wellington. Turns out Roger’s is right down the street from [...]

I started the new semester this week. The three classes I’m taking are going to keep me busy, but hopefully not quite as stressed as the summer papers did. Anna left this morning and took the ferry to the South Island. One of my flatmates is moving out this weekend, and tomorrow evening I’m having [...]