Back to the North Island (won’t be blogging for a little while)

After walking around Picton for a little while today, we took the ferry and arrived in the North Island. Marian had signed up as to WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms), which provides food and accommodation in exchange for several hours of work during the week. Marian had written a host about 10 minutes outside of downtown Wellington who owned an espresso cart and made cheese alongside of having a garden, a greenhouse and a few animals. She and her husband have two kids. Anyways, long story short she found out that Marian was traveling with her boyfriend and said that having the two of us would be great, so we are staying with the family starting on the 12 while we look for more permanent work. They sound like a great family, so we are looking forward to it! Marian hopes she can help with the espresso! Actually at this point, free food and accommodation – she’ll do whatever!

We will be working Tues – Saturdays from 9 until 1, and then using our free time to job search. We promised her a stay of at least 10 days. Please keep your fingers crossed that we will find some good places soon!

From here on out, our blog will be much more sporadic. Essentially, we will write when we have something more exciting to tell about, or a weekend trip, or an observation. First we need to get jobs and places to live! We will have our hands full with that. However, if you would like to hear from us or want a call, just write an email and we will be in touch. We love you all and hope you have had fun reading so far! We will keep you posted! Oh and one more picture for Marian's dad: Hoff, Marian wanted you to know that your 20 year old sweats have been all over New Zealand and she wears them all the time! Here she is showing them off.