Hamilton for the third time

After being so nervous to hitchhike to Hamilton, I delayed it for a long time. The other reason was that I didn't want to say goodbye to Lea. But we have already said that we will meet again soon.

I found the farewell really difficult.

In general, it's also strange that saying goodbye in Germany was so easy for me and here it's incredibly difficult to change cities. There's always something ending and something new, completely unknown waiting for me.

Ana drove me to the city. It's easier to hitchhike from there. By the way, Ana is from Switzerland 🇨🇭, she emigrated a few years ago and now owns the holiday park. By the way, I still speak English with her. But it's strange to know that she can follow Lea and my conversations.

So I stood by the road with my backpack, which I sorted out this morning (I sorted out some things like a sleeping bag, towels, and a jacket because I have too many things🙈).

After 5 minutes, a man picked me up and we had a really good conversation. But he could only take me for 20 minutes.

Then he dropped me off in another village. I stood by the road for two minutes and then Amber from China picked me up.

It was a very funny coincidence because we realized that we have to go to the same hostel.

When I arrived at the hostel, I met Nina. I immediately asked her if she wanted something to eat. Five minutes later, we were at Subway. After that, we explored the city and then returned to the hostel where I met Helena and Franzi.

By the way, Amber is also in the same room.

Later, Helena joined us and we had a great conversation about how New Zealand has already changed us and how difficult it is for us Germans to show helplessness. For example, this afternoon when I hitchhiked. It wasn't as bad as I thought because I didn't have to wait long, but it was still uncomfortable for me to show that I need some form of "help". I just want to be independent and handle everything on my own... but many people feel the same way. But I wanted to "sleep in" 😅🙈 and because of that I couldn't take the bus.

Another point is that Germans don't like uncertainty. We always need to know exactly how things will go, where we will sleep tomorrow night, when we will arrive in the city, and so on...

At home in Germany, we are so influenced by the media, friends, family, and here we get to know ourselves better. We recognize more and more what is important to us and what is not.

So... anyway, I'm now in Hamilton for the third time. The first time was with Lea at Hamilton Lake when we did the road trip, the second time I had a bus stop here, and now I'm staying here for a few days.

And then I will see what's next.😊😊

There were already a lot of Germans here🙊