Taking a year away was meant to be all about breaking away from routine and doing something new every day. And we have - we've managed to build a brand new routine here in Wellington instead. For Gwenfair this means getting up early four days a week to walk to work at a cafe on the harbourside. On the way she braves whatever weather the water front can throw at her - as her photos from this week show...
For me, daytime currently consists of some or all of the following - watching the cookery slot on morning TV, going to the gym, going to the museum to pick up a free newspaper, making Thai food and going to the library to borrow CDs and read BBC News Online. I've pretty much given up on the job hunt, seeming as my application to the Wellington Cable Car Company still hasn't merited a reply.
Each evening has something different to offer: Monday there's good TV, Tuesday cheap tickets at the cinema, Wednesday we meet friends for dinner, Thursday a chance for some drinks as there's no work in the morning. And then weekends are a chance to go away.
But before things get too comfortable we've decided to move on from "Welly," and so next week will be our last in the Southern Hemisphere's windiest city. If by any chance the Cable Car Co. see the error of their ways, I'll just have to let them down gently...
No comments:
Post a Comment