2 weeks in a serviced apartment were not too bad at time of a suitcase only: the room gets cleaned, the small kitchen in enough to get some basic food heated. Being so central - and if cooking and cleaning is not your thing (~student?) than it's almost perfect: close to the Uni, in the heart of the city centre. With a weekly rent only slightly higher than a flat outside (probably counterbalanced by owning a car), lots of take-aways and a couple of supermarkets in the area- no wonder so many students (and probably some young professionals) choose it as a dwelling. The only shortcoming is you can't really keep any chickens...
The other benefit that we just discovered after moving away is the fact that these flats / apartments in the winter work a bit like chicks: being huddled together makes all of them so much warmer! But more about the cold in the next posts...
Thursday, 19 July 2012
so we made it!
There wasn't much planning or thinking. The whole thing just happened: a job popped up, I took it and here we are: as far from the homeland as we could.
It was an old dream - always wanted to give it a go. Never quite made it (other dreams: Madagascar, Borneo, Easter Island, Amazonian ...)
The whole thing was smooth and did not feel much of a change: yes, for a few more weeks we are living on suitcases - but since we are quite used to travelling, camping and working on-the road it is not too difficult to cope with.
The place feels great - weather is inviting (mind you - we came from Scotland...) and getting straight into work is not too hard either: universities are becoming so uniformed that 'This could be Rotterdam or anywhere / Liverpool or Rome / 'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere / Anywhere alone...''
The eclectic, multinational mix makes Auckland (and New Zealand) a place to enjoy great range of good food but in a relaxed way.... So the coming weeks will be devoted to exploring the food scene, getting flats, cars and things sorted... lets see how things work down here...
It was an old dream - always wanted to give it a go. Never quite made it (other dreams: Madagascar, Borneo, Easter Island, Amazonian ...)
The whole thing was smooth and did not feel much of a change: yes, for a few more weeks we are living on suitcases - but since we are quite used to travelling, camping and working on-the road it is not too difficult to cope with.
The place feels great - weather is inviting (mind you - we came from Scotland...) and getting straight into work is not too hard either: universities are becoming so uniformed that 'This could be Rotterdam or anywhere / Liverpool or Rome / 'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere / Anywhere alone...''
The eclectic, multinational mix makes Auckland (and New Zealand) a place to enjoy great range of good food but in a relaxed way.... So the coming weeks will be devoted to exploring the food scene, getting flats, cars and things sorted... lets see how things work down here...
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