Dunedin 🇳🇿

I was expecting a more typical, perhaps slightly larger city in New Zealand. And as we all know, the cities in New Zealand aren't that beautiful now. But as we got closer and closer to the city I was more and more surprised at how big the city is. The first old-looking buildings also caught my eye straight away. But I still didn't feel well and couldn't wait to be back somewhere in the countryside surrounded by the sea and greenery. Once we arrived, we first explored the city center a bit, which turned out to be a pure construction site and not very well attended. In the hostel we were told that Dunedin is New Zealand's study hotspot and that everyone here is on summer vacation and that's why the city is half empty. We actually saw a lot of universities on our walk through the city. Since we stopped at a beach on our way there where there were masses of shells on the rocks and we decided to take them with us for our dinner, we still had a lot to do in the evening. Cooking mussels is probably not that common in the hostel because we were admired by almost everyone. For me too, it was the coolest hostel food so far. But they were actually really really pretty good. The next day we made our way to the Otago Peninsula and explored the beaches and wildlife. On the beaches the sea lions almost run into your arms and you should actually be able to see albatrosses too, but unfortunately we had no luck. In the evening it was Pillard night because our hostel was directly above a billiards bar. So the next day was a little slower in the botanical gardens and then on to the steepest street in the world. It was nice to see but I have to be honest, it didn't blow me away. The afternoon was spent at Tunnel Beach in somewhat cloudy weather. Where you have to go through the rock tunnel to get to the beach. Later we wanted to watch surfers on the beach next door, but unfortunately the waves weren't good enough for that that day. After 3 nights we continue along the east coast north to Oamaru. 🫶🏼