This past weekend, Diane, my high school BFF and one of my all-around favorite people in the world came all the way to little Kaiaua to visit me! She is studying in Sydney for the semester and has wanted to see New Zealand since she got there, plus we haven't gotten to hang out since December, so it was really great to see her this weekend. With all her big city stories, I felt more than I have this whole trip that I live in the middle of nowhere, (but am a-ok with it) and we had a very rural party kind of weekend. This included
visiting the local pub, (whose only clientele are old fishermen and us)
an easy hike in the Hunua ranges
camping on the beach
dinner at the best fish n chips in New Zealand (they told us they won this award last year. Not sure I believe them, but it is really freakin good)
and we did a couple of city day trips (one to Auckland, one to Thames) taking advantage of her rental car
Overall just really fun to see her, and has inspired me to keep in touch with people better so I don't have to wait till I see them face-to-face to hear what's going on in my friends' lives!
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