So, I've arrived in New Zealand (or Aotearoa) for my year-long adventure. Ed and I are staying at a hostel (it's actually a dorm for students at the University of Auckland during the school year). We've been trying to find an apartment basically since we got here on Friday, but we haven't had any luck. It's also been raining every single day so that makes it more difficult. We're hoping to find a place by tomorrow because we really want to get settled in already and it's a bit stressful not knowing whether or not we'll find a place to live soon.
We found a cathedral while walking around the city center yesterday. It was so beautifulllll! We popped in for a bit to pray for help finding an apartment, hahaha. I'm sure that's probably not the best thing to be praying for, but we reallyyyyy want to find a place! We actually went back to the church for mass this morning and it was really nice. It was a really good sermon and the priest had a sense of humor so it made the mass really interesting. He talked about how God will shine the light and lead the way. Quite fitting for what happened later.
After church, we had a few appointments with agents to view apartments. All were way overpriced and not what we were looking for. On our way to the last one, Ed and I were exhausted from walking for 6 hours and decided we needed a beer. I spotted an Irish pub on the way, but we continued walking to the building where we had the meeting. I insisted we go back to the pub instead of going to another one up the road towards our hostel... and I'm so glad I did. On our way to it, we noticed that it was right across the street from the cathedral! We met the bartender, who happened to be from Ireland and has been living in Auckland for a few years. He gave us a ton of tips for where to look for places and what to do and it was great! We ended up talking a lot and planned to meet later tonight! We made our first friend!!
After leaving the pub, we were definitely in better moods. ANDDDD.. the sun came out for a bit! It's been super gloomy/rainy since we arrived so it was a nice to get a glimpse of sunlight.
Anyway, we have a few prospects, which is exciting. I realllyyyyyy hope we find a place tomorrow. Wish us luck!
XOXO
Haven't taken many pictures yet, but I had to snag a couple shots with my phone after church. I'll get better ones of the inside later!
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