Jess and I are in Raglan. We were fortunate enough to spend two nights here. The town is charming, similar to Santa Cruz with a Humboldt feeling of seclusion. It is known as the sunniest part of NZ. We had plenty of sun while we have been here (thank God!) But it is very cold! The wind is biting. So we wandered around a bit of today to several different thrift stores and (thanks Mike and Jackie) found an excellent fleece sweater for each of us. Mine was a dollar twenty US and Jesse found one for ~$1.60. Amazing.
Anyways, the hostel we are staying at is fun. It has a bit of history being built in 1888. It was renovated about twenty years ago and has been featured as one of the top 5 hostels in New Zealand. It is a beautiful Victorian style home we are bunked in 15x12 room with eight other people. It is a little bit crowded. But, the first night they made an excellent English dinner of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast veggies, gravy....yummy.
Oh, Jess just reminded me of our Subway experience here. We ordered a lamb footlong with all the veggies and mint sauce. That was US NZ fusion right there. Fun.
What else....Oh! Yesterday we climbed to the center of New Zealand. The calculated center just on the side of town. What a nice walk! When we reached the top we heard a woman just on the next hill over playing her bagpipes. Her song of choice was Amazing Grace. That was a blessing.
Tomorrow we head out of town to Westport. Apparently there is fantastic surf in this town but not much else. So we will see how many nights we spend there. Hopefully there is internet and I will be able to send out this post. Love you all and miss you, Jessica
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