I've eaten more cheese toasties, hard boiled eggs, and pasta with red sauce than I've had in the past two years back at home. My currency has become grape vines and hostel nights (topping up my mobile takes 40 vines, going to a movie I don't really need to see would cost nearly one hostel night). I walk about 5x farther each day than I used it.
I can make beds (with hospital corners!) faster than I ever imagined I could. I know what canes and laterals are, and why some vines are wrapped or pruned differently than others. I can husk a coconut, and open it without losing the milk.
I've lived and worked with people from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Samoa, Sweden, S. Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Wales.
I can drive on the left side of the road. I find myself using the words petrol, mobile, tea (dinner), eftpos, uni, keen, capsicum, ages and heaps without even realizing it.
I've seen beautiful landscapes, tried new foods, met a ton of interesting people and made lasting friendships, and haven't had even one moment when I've regretted picking up and leaving home. Can't wait to see what the next 11 months will bring!
Photo: a tidepool in Nelson.
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