Kia ora! The traditional New Zealand greeting that I haven't even heard once before. As soon as I typed these words, Verena looked at me strangely from the side. Apparently it happens more often than I thought.
I met Verena at the hostel and she has been in New Zealand for 5 months, so she immediately recommended places on the South Island for me to travel! She is like 50% of the others here who are German. In my current hostel, almost only German is spoken because 95% of the people are German. It's very easy to meet new people in the hostel and find someone for a spontaneous trip. For the trip to Mt Eden, for example, I was asked by 3 English people from my room. Just ask 'what are you doing today?' and go together!
In my first week, I was mainly busy setting up my New Zealand bank account, getting a SIM card, shopping, and getting rid of the eternal jet lag. It's strange when you wake up at 4 a.m. after a long time. But I enjoyed it again after a week.
Here are pictures of my first two hostels:
The beautiful view of the hostel kitchen on the 7th floor
However, the sanitary facilities were not as clean. But I'm pretty sure they were still more pleasant than the boys' toilets at our school! So everything's good (;
By the way, there were 6-bed mixed dorms.
View from the second hostel
'Apple tree Backpackers'
Hostel life while traveling basically means getting to know many new people, cooking for yourself, planning everything yourself, and having many new opportunities
And since the German group here wanted to be mentioned by name, greetings to Jannis, Hauke, Philipp, Thorben, Verena, and Nora!
