The weeks before we left Wellington brought some feverish last minute sightseeing, friend seeing and fun activities:
Lynette, Christian, Finn, Bruce (the neighbor's dog), and I, hiked Makara Peak, a nearby trail to our house. Read the yellow signs carefully.
Amber, my Greenpeace coworker, coincidentally shares my passion for Johnny Depp. So we donned pirate costumes for the Wellington premier of Pirates of the Carribean. Too bad it was a terrible movie!
Our Landmark classmate, Murray, is a jazz keyboardist. We went up to the Kapiti coast, his hometown, catching his flying fingers at the local pub.
Lynette attempted to explain the 17 monitors she uses at her work for Tranzpower. She runs the national electricity grid!
Very thoughtfully, Lynette wanted to make us feel at home for the 4th of July. So she borrowed some flags from an enthusiastic American coworker to decorate the house, and even cooked hotdogs, mac and cheese, and coleslaw! While the huge flag made me a bit nervous, it was good to have our national background acknowledged while in a foreign country.
As a goodbye party, we went to the local open mic where Christian entertained us. Goodbye Wellington!
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