Post 10: A day if adventure
Sunday 12.10 was a day of adventure!
Thats the entrance.
Morning
Jorge and I had to arranged to go for a walk, so first we went to a Maori waking path. It only took about 25min. It looked like a jungle and there was a very huge old tree (2000 years old!!).
Then we went to the beach next to Opotiki. The path was actually part of a cycling trail I want to try, that's so beautiful:
On the way home, we walked past a really lovely garden. I think owner noticed my amazement, he offered us to walk in. He even gave us an avocado and a couple of lemons of his garden. As we asked his name, it turned out that the man is Bridgitte's landlord 😂
Afternoon
I made some pasta for lunch. It's so difficult to make meal for only one person! Every time I make a bit too much.
At 1pm, the orchard conductor came to give me the contract. He is Indian (most conductor are Indian here just like all the other workers at the orchard no joke).
At 2pm Zared drove me to Whakatane, a bigger city, to pick up my bike! My bike is smaller than expected but it fits well. It's nearly unused so it looks really clean. Now it's easier to go to the supermarket & I'm looking forward to try the trails here!!
On the way back, Zared drove me to some beautiful spots:
Btw, Zared is from the South island and works at a kiwi orchard too, he is here to earn money for his family, that's what I understood. I often have problems to understand what native English speaker say especially with a NZ accent :D And I do understand nothing if they speak so fast!! It's actually easier to talk to not-native speaker like Seona, Faustine or Jorge :D
Anyways, it was a bit exhausting to talk to Zared because after every other sentence, I had to say, "Sorry, could you repeat that?". He offered me to ask if I don't understand so I did but I think that was a bit too much 😀
I'm really happy to have the bike, to have seen the beautiful views, to had a funny morning. But I think that's called "Ruhe vor dem Sturm"...
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