hey all! This is gonna be a short blog I swear! The last couple days have been very quiet and kind of relaxing which is fine. Stayed at Hannies and extra night and the weather has turned crapppppy, true wellington style im told!, raining and cold for the last 2 days... blahhh.... Got dropped off in center city this morning and left my stuff at the Base Hostel because I couldnt check in till later. Took a very rainy walk over to Te Papa the National Museum of NZ. It was opened just about 10 years ago, but it may be one of the coolest and most interactive museums i have ever been in. It was a perfect day to escape the rain and just meander through the museum. There were some really cool exhibits on how NZ was formed and all the volcanic activitiy around it. There was also this giantttt squid that was caught off the lower southern island near antartica....... there were some pretty cool Maori exhibits as well. i spent a good 3 1/2 hours in the museum and then walked around a bit since it had sort of stopped raining. Ate at Burger King for the first time since being here and it was in the coolest old building and the food wasnt half bad, though it still wrecked a little havoc on the stomach later on, haha..... checked into the hostel, took a little break and then journeyed out to find Victoria University. I got a little turned around on the map, but finally found it, It's way up on the hill overlooking the city and the harbour, a little like Hartwick overlooking Oneonta! The campus isn't that pretty..... idk, i mean not compared to the Wick, but it certainly is going to be different. We shall see! Ventured back down the hill and grabbed a bite to eat for dinner and here I am now. Thinking about grabbing a couple of beers tonight at a local pub, the rains been a bit depressing and i could use a little human interaction, the last couple days have been almost too quiet....... But it will be a light night, first off I dont have tons of money and second, i have to wake up at 630 to catch the shuttle for the Ferry Crossing over the choppy Cook strait. It's a 3 hour ferry ride to the south island. I will land in Picton, a little port town and stay one night there, then get picked up by the bus on monday and head to Sunshine capital of NZ Nelson. Thinking i am going to explore the Abel Tasman National Park a bit while i am there.... Well thats all for now, no new pics, or anything so just check back in again another time!