Ashburton
On Monday after I finished talking to you guys, I went to a bar to play their quiz with a group of other couch surfers. One of the questions was who won the most golds during the 2010 Olympics. Some guy across the bar was contesting with the quiz operator (who didn’t know th aanswer) that it was America. So I got all ‘Canada! Yay Canada!’ and the bartender thought this was hilarious. He made both of us stand up and state where we were from. The other guy was from England. Everyone laughed. Then the bartender made us duel it out using rock paper scissors. I, with justice on my side, won and got a free beer. It was exciting.
Today I harvested lots and lots of potatoes! Wait, backtrack.
The bus to Ashburton was a breeze and I found everything I needed within walking distance. I bought groceries, set up my bank account, checked in to my hostel, found the recruitment offic, the pool and the botanical garden (every town in all NZ has one, I swear). After that, I twiddled my thumbs, met my roommates (a couple of Brazilian sisters and a couple from England) and went to bed.
The next day I was supposed to work at noon, but I got a call saying no, delayed so I spent 5 antsy hours wandering aimlessly around the city.
Today I went to the recruitment office at 7, where a bus took me and three others out to a farm. Potato harvesting is fun! All we had to do was stand inside the back of the machine and throw rocks out of the potato conveyor and potatoes out of the rock conveyor. And supervise the unloading of the machine when it was full. It’s pretty good work.
The only problem is that there were technical problems at 2 and they sent us home, so I only got 6 hours of work in. And they only want us for half a day on Saturday too. At this rate, I’m not going to make nearly the money I was anticipating. It’s supposed to pick up, but C’s saying I might be able to come work for her company in Auckland. This both sounds fantastic and like a huge pain in the butt (since I’m on the south island right now and need to be back here in May) so I can’t decide what I should do.
Hope you’re all well. Oh, and for those of you that have heard me speak of her or have met her, I shall pass on the news that Lindsay is engaged! So exciting!
Originally published at Teri's NZ Adventures.
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