Our Work Woes in Windy Wellington

Having made our way down from the very north of NZ, we decided to "settle" in Wellington for awhile. However, before arriving in the windy city (NOT CHICAGO) we decided to take a stop in Wanganui to check out the glass blowing scene. We visited a glass blowing studio and were able to talk to a NZ artist who co-owns the studio. She offered to walk us through a full piece of glass art (process took about an hour). It was so cool! I think I have an inner glass blower in me!

Right afterward we drove onto Wellington and ran into some previous backpacker friends of ours. We quickly settled into the hostel scene and started to look for jobs/flats. Wellington is a beautiful city. It is the capital of NZ, with a strong artsy, cafe scene along with the downtown feel of a large city. It is actually tiny in area compared to Auckland, as everything is jampacked into a valley with a really long coastline. We have been lazy on the photo front so we have no visuals to show you, but trust me it is a nice city.

We spent a good week and a half slowly passing out resumes, looking in on shared flats and hanging out with our new friends. Our english friend Rob got the first job out of the group as a bartender. Not knowing what kind of bar he was working at, we decided to go give our support his first night. Turns out it is a transvestite karaoke bar! How can you beat that combo??!! No pictures unfortunately, the women looked quite muscular and I didn't want to offend anyone. We did bust out our version of Bohemian Rapsody, and they sold cheap Malibu Pinapples. I think this bar should be our official hangout!

As you might have anticipated from our post title, we did not have much luck on the job front. We gave a relatively decent effort to find a job but then we decided that we don't want one. Working bad, traveling good. So onward we travel come Tuesday! We will be crossing over to the south island so keep a lookout for new posts from there!

corinne and Jason