Greetings to all our loyal listeners! Deej Mel here. In T minus 2 hours ms.cook and I will depart from Foggy Watati (funny thing is, we have yet to see a trace of fog in the past two and a half weeks here). It will be a tearful goodbye to our lovely Goddess Compound. I don't know if we'll ever be able to convey how amazing this place is.
The past few days have been quite hectic. On Saturday we actually left the house, and went on a cycling adventure. The Wilson’s have two bikes, one being a sweet beach cruiser. About 5 minutes into our ride, a car driving past quickly reversed once it saw us. The interaction went as follows:
“Hold on a second- are you Tace? Thought I recognized the bike” Before we could manage a “No, we’re just house sitting for her” He was rummaging in the back of his car for, of course, a lambskin seat cover for the exact bike I was riding. Only in Waitati.
The other main event of our bike ride was on the way back. Lauren and I had just finished swapping embarrassing bike stories (falling off our bikes, having to walk up a hill when newly met hotties were biking us home), when we encountered the biggest hill of the ride. The house next to the road was hosting a party outside with the only other people in our age group in Waitati. They got to witness us, in the prime of our youth, do the walk of shame up the hill. In addition, because we hadn't seen humanity in days, I was wearing my Christmas outfit and Lauren was wearing an odd mismatch of all green. We hope they got a laugh out of it.
The breaking news on Saturday night was the power outage at midnight. Power outages are fine until you look out and see that everyone elses power in the neighborhood is still on. I was convinced that someone had cut our lines and was now in the house waiting to make lamp shades out of us. Then I remembered we were in Waitati. Another peaceful night’s sleep.
Yesterday was another big day. We took a trip into town (a concept that is still foreign to us), and Lauren got her first hitch hiking experience under her belt. We went on a 4 hour journey around town, covering most of Dunedin. On our way out we visited the garden of our new friends, which was quite inspiring. We have been taking notes lately on ideas for our future homes, gardens, and lifestyles.
Today we depart Waitati for Wanaka. We will be meeting up with Megan, her parents, Christy and Roxy, Sarah Brooke and Keith, Simon and the boys from Dunedin and potentially a couple who gave us a lift into town. Somehow we know twelve people who will be in the same town in New Zealand…
Aaaand that's all we have for you here at Radio Waitati! Thanks for listening.
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Lampshades... you crack me up.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hope you shouted out that the walk of shame was only so you could get a better look at them.. being your age and all... and you being so supremely interested in different cultures. Right??? And it's totally cool in America to wear your Christmas outfit right up until Jan 3rd... or is it 4th? It varies by time zone, actually. So you were just spreading some of your culture into theirs. And thank you very much.... Have a nice day.