My last day in NZ was great! Who knew waiting at the airport for 8 hours could be fun?
I got to talking with a woman who just came back from her birthplace, one of the Cook Islands. She gave me a rare blue pearl, which is supposed to absorb all the negative energy. She brought them with her for her family, but gave me one, a complete stranger. Damn, kiwis are nice!
We also played on her ukelele for awhile. I kinda sucked at it, but it didn’t matter…people seemed to like it 
) We should’ve put a hat down or something hehe
That’s what i’m gonna miss the most I think. People are so open and free in NZ. I could do something like that overhere too, but I won’t. Why? Because people are different here, and somehow I close down a bit again. I noticed it from the moment I set foot in Europe, it’s difficult to explain but it’s a whole different atmosphere…
There’s a lot of other things I miss too
I miss
how when you sit alone, EVERYTIME someone stops to talk to you and asks how you are doing
people saying “thank you” to the busdriver
how when you ask for directions and get to talking, you get offered a job
how you go to a bar and you get offered a job
how you can buy fruit on the side of the road without anyone standing by it. in other words, how they still rely on the goodness of people
I miss when you ask for the busstop, you get a ride to where ever you are going
how they don’t mind doing a detour to get you to a place, even if you keep insisting they don’t have to do that
how people smile at you when you walk on the street
how people still go barefoot to the supermarket, and no one thinks twice about it
I miss the names of the places like ‘Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateap’
I guess I’ll miss it all, but it’s good to be home too. I missed my friends, a lot!
