On The Other Side The Grass Is Greener

To be honest I don't like when Hungarians say "YE, HUNGARY IS THE WORST COUNTRY EVER" I've been to a lot of different cities (well at least in Europe), I think they were nice, clean, cute or beautiful but none of them was that different from Budapest. And at this point I know that I love the country and the city I live in, it's the only I know and of course this is where my friends live, etc. I couldn't imagine living elsewhere, my life was perfect there.

I wouldn"t change the fact that I want to grow up in Hungary (grow up haha), I just discerned sth. else.

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I'm amazed at this whole country. ALL the people are helpful and kind, even if they're a bus driver or a shop assistant in the supermarket. Maybe it's because of the few population of NZ, almost everyone lives well here.
This was the big difference when we arrived to Auckland and knew nothing about the city. Even the woman who was just learning to speak English intended to explain where the supermarket was.
Since we spent 3 days there we couldn"t find the city out and didn't know where to shop cheaply (maybe it's impossible in NZ) -everything is expensive,3 apples cost about 2 dollars and you have to pay 5 for a random sandwich in the supermarket.



After recognizing how amazing people live there we started to notice the other advantages of the country, we took a bus to Wellington and had 11 hours of traveling. I wouldn't have imagined I could just stare at the landscape for hours watching hills, mountains, animals, lakes, the ocean, etc. Marko already described this, I would've written the same: when you first see the little lamb running on the huge field you are amazed but then you realize that every field has a little lamb, pork, horse, cow running artily (Kriszti!) Maybe spending your whole life on a farm there is boring but traveling through these landscapes is beautiful. The second PROMINENT thing was that altough parts of the cities were ugly (eg. these grey square-shaped buildings were awful) every part of the city was GREEN. They planted palmtrees and bushes near the biggest factories and building estates




Now we're in Picton, a little town on the coast. The sea is perfectly blue, the beach is small enough to feel at home, people are friendly, the owner of this hostel is... just amazing, everything is perfect here.







It's pretty interesting how our brains react to things (or at least mine) This whole trip is like a totally new world and I can"t even think about home. I mean I really miss my friends but not in a negative way. It's something different from the regular life and I just can't conciliate NZ and Hungary. I know I don't have to worry about everybody cause I'm gonna return back to my friends, family, country, city, room, bunny :) Anyway I know it's only the 1.week so it's easy yet. And maybe we're not going to John and his 6 dogs (OSDBFKJBDFKAJDFBABJF)
fanni

The journey continues

So as David wrote, we headed down south to get to some woofer places, in the meantime (which was an 11 hour bus drive) we saw the most amazing places you can imagine. It totally fit the expectations you probably got from New Zealand; the exact places like in Lord Of The Rings, Amazing plains, just like in Rohann and Mountains man, MOUNTAINS with snow and stuff, you know just like in the movies!
The joy we had only by glazing out the window was nearly unbearable, and the feeling when you felt asleep and woke up for the sight: amazing.

Imagine you wake up after 3 hours bumpy ride and you see this:



Lake Taupo, I think the most beautiful place I've EVER saw. Maybe its because of the lack of knowledge I got about the world but this was shocking for me. The existence of such place just made me wonder about so many things in general. The funny thing is (except that ALL the Maoris we saw were really fat, no offense but thats my experience) that a lot of passengers covered the windows when they were facing such sight.

The whole 11 hour was magical, I had to sleep about 3 hours because It is still hard to handle the time shift. The rest of the North Island was full of sheep, alpacas, deers, cows, and such. Funny to see how healthy and happy those animals are, eventho sooner or later they will be served on the dinner table. :D Anyways after 3 or 4 breaks we finally (or sadly) arrived in Wellington, which (for the first sight) was surprisingly boring. After a bit raging and quiting we arrived at a backpacker which was a bit more expensive then our last one and we instantly fell asleep.

The next way we had to face new difficulties, had to find a place where there free WIFI is, and in the same place we can charge our laptops and we were in quite a hurry. So we ended up at the Library again, and started hardcore searching for wwoofer hosts. After about 1 and a half hour of searching we decided to head south, with the Ferry over the sea. Unfortunately the ferry costs are quite high (~150$ for the 3 of us) so it was a hard decision to make.

After we reached the Ferry (5 minutes AFTER the boarding, as last passengers) we went on the top of the ship (reminder: NEVER do this again Marko, never) and chilled there till we arrived. No words can describe the beauty which awaited us on the other side. So let these few pictures talk:



JK here you go






Just amazing. Now we are in the lovely town of Pikton, planning whats next. The thing is, New Zealand is the best country of the world, by far. Everyone is friendly, the bus driver, the car seller, the receptionist, everyone got their own style, everyone is crazy, everyone smiles.

laters: Marko

Wisdom of the day:
Beauty stops, where mass production starts, AND THATS WHY ITS HARD TO FIND GOOD PLACES FOR 3 PEOPLE.