This morning we got up at 4:30 am to help the son of Katrin milking the cows. So we started milking them and did it for nearly 3 hours. After half an hour I have learnt the proper technique to cup the teats of the cow. First of all you have to feel where the teats are with the right hand, in your left hand you hold the milking-machine. Then you have to cup every teat of the cow. Sometimes they just have three teats or they have a mark on their legs, so that you know you have to be very careful to cup the right teats.

It was a really exciting and useful experience and in the end we had milked 505 cows altogether. After that we went back into the house and enjoyed an amazingly fresh and natural breakfast with the family.

Then we continued our trip, drove to the nearest hot water beach and spent a nice time over there.

Today was the last day of our roadtrip and we came back to Auckland.

For the night we could stay at a friend’s of Till. It was her birthday and we had a lovely time.