July 23rd: Day 27

I couldn’t sit still at work today because I had a flight out of Auckland at 9pm to Wellington. Wellington is the capital of NZ and it is supposed to be very, very pretty! I am so excited…the flight was only an hour from Auckland to Wellington. It was kind of foggy, but when we showed up, and had no plans for getting from the airport to the hostel we found a shuttle outside. This shuttle was apparently the only one of its kind in NZ. It was solid gold and the man driving had long white hair and a moustache that was dainty like a French person might have. He had a French accent and the inside of the shuttle was covered in sheep’s fur. There was sheep’s fur on the ceiling, floor, walls, and even the seats…it was so funny. And such an experience….when we were all settled in, he turned on the 20” flat screen in the backseat with Michael Jackson’s greatest hits. As the Thriller video took up most of our time we finally got to the hostel.