2 posts tagged “auckland”

We live in a really amazing place.

Look at this. It is only a short drive away from our apartment. Great for picnics or a coffee with a view. We love this place. It is one of our favourite places to go for the weekend. One day we'll get it right to rent a tandem bicycle and cycle along the beach for an hour.

We now live in Auckland, on Queen Street, which is the main street in Auckland. We have access to heaps of good things. Here are a few pictures of our flat. We live on the 13th floor. It is our shoebox home. Remember when there was an animation, can't remember the name but there were mice that lived in a tin can, well we feel like those mice. We didn't have anything to sit on, no bed, no nothing. My boss was feeling generous and offered a few things for us. She gave us a matress, a tv and a microwave to use and so we would sit on the floor and watch tv with only each other for warmth and that squishy feeling you can only achieve on a couch. We have good friends though, who have donated a couch for us to get when we are able to fit it through the door.

We live in a 2 bedroom flat, which is pretty small. We have a nice view and we can even see the sea from our flat. The sun comes into our bedroom where we currently are sleeping on a matress. To add exciting insult to injury, we got all our stuff after about 3 months of waiting! Now we sit with the problem of a seriously tight squeeze between the boxes and us.

So, when we opened up our boxes there were these squeals of delight as slowly but surely i found things I missed or forgot about, like my shoe, my clothes, toys, cds, ink, paintbrushes, drawings, scuba stuff, skydiving stuff, gadgets, camping stuff and other wierd things that value but can't remember...We are so happy to have our own stuff.

My fridge has magnets again and I have sheepy stuff around me again and my photos and my paintings. Finally things are getting more and more like home. We really like it here! But we miss all our friends and hope that they all come visit us.