trailer trash

Another Christmas come and gone! I still can't believe that it is almost 2010. Christmas in New Zealand was quite different than one in Carlsbad.

First off...it was a German Christmas, FOR SURE. I would say that about 90% of the people staying at our hostel are germans! And because there were so many germans we celebrated the holidays as they do it at home...which meant that christmas was celebrated on christmas eve and christmas day was nothing special at all. I will be honest, it was fun to celebrate on christmas eve but I was VERY depressed to not wake up on christmas morning and open presents and celebrate on christmas day. I was missing home pretty bad....

But, just as all christmas in the past, they come and they go and there will always be another one next year (and I will MOST DEFINITELY be home to celebrate next year!)

So I am sitting here in Auckland at the City Garden Lodge doing what I have been doing for the past 4 days...relaxing and dinking around on the internet. I finally found a free wireless network, so the internet hasn't been a stressful project...I can actually take my time and look at whatever I want without prioritizing internet needs!

The best thing about our hostel is the fact that we are living in a trailer...yes, a white trash, hillbilly trailer. They call it the caravan and it was the only "room" that they had left that wasn't all booked up for the holiday season! I highly recommend that you look on youtube for the canadian TV show Trailer Park Boys so that you can get a better idea of how we are living!

our humble abode...yeah, you're jealous!

Anyways, at the moment we are trying to figure out what car we should buy (or if we should just starting living in our really cool caravan for good!), what and where we are going to do and be for new years, and if we should stay around auckland and look for jobs or move on to the south island.

There isn't anything that exciting to report. I am just hanging out in the hostel...feel like I have lived here for years. Everyone knows everyone...its like a little family. I am eating way too much and putting on the kilos. I said that tomorrow I am going to start jogging again (we'll see if I get up!)

The adventure has kind of come to a stand still for the holidays. It is really just relaxation time and time to figure out what's next!

I really missed everyone this christmas, but I hope that the holidays have treated you well. I will try and do something REALLY exciting to make you all jealous! The south island is know for their extreme sports...thinking that I might treat myself to a skydiving session...

Well, until next time....see ya Mates!