Today I took the plane from Sydney to Christchurch at 10:15 am and arrived in Christchurch at 15:20 pm. There I exchanged my money, bought a new sim card and took the shuttle to my hostel. 🙂 After I had arrived there I got to know my really lovely roommates, who are from Hongkong and England. Then I did my laundry and went to the shops to buy some groceries. 🙂 It was really expensive. :O I also realized that the architecture here in Christchurch is really very different from what I had seen in Australia.

On the way to the shops there were a lot of construction sites. That’s because of the former earthquakes which had happened in New Zealand some years ago. :/

When I returned Tim Lars (a German friend of mine) was waiting for me in front of my hostel. 🙂 I was really happy. We had talked to each other on the phone several times before and had made this appointment. 🙂 It was so nice to talk to a good friend after such a long time. 🙂 I will start a roadtrip with Tim Lars in some days. He showed me the car which he had already bought and we enjoyed really good conversations in my hostel (while I was having dinner) and in our car. 🙂

That was just the perfect welcome-gift in such a beautiful country. 🙂

I have already seen some parts of the beautiful surrounding here and realized the different climate. It’s really cold here compared to Australia, but that’s alright. 🙂 Tomorrow Tim Lars and I will figure out the formal stuff about my working visa, my IRD and our plans for our trip. And if there’ll be enough time, we will probably  go to the beach.:)

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