Things have slowed down a bit from the busyness of the farm as we have traveled from Opunake to a dot on the map known as Opiki. We are living on another farm but this time they grow mainly corn and wheat. The family we are staying with is the first workaway host we have stayed with in the month we have been here. Sara, Adrian, their little boy Giacomo, and their foster child Mini have been incredibly kind and welcoming. Giacomo is obsessed with tractors, and for good reason as his dad has plenty of them. The little guy can be well-entertained for hours by helping Adrian drive the tractors, or watching an assortment of educational movies on tractors, diggers, combine harvesters and so on.
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| View from this farm. |
Since last Wednesday when we arrived, Caroline has not been feeling well, and after two different trips to the doctor, a lack of diagnosis, a random inquiry into whether we were Mormon missionaries, (boyfriend and girlfriend cannot be a missionary pairing in the LDS church. Maybe it was Caroline's last name?) and then an educated guess that she had picked up a bacterial infection on the dairy farm recently sent us back home with pedialyte and antibiotics. Needless to say, Caroline has had a bad few days, but is finally looking better. Bland food, Catan, and plenty of water have been the necessities while we have done some yardwork and babysitting while Sara and Adrian worked. Yesterday was my birthday, and we quickly but reservedly gave up our plans of going backpacking and then having a nice dinner out on the town in nearby Palmerston North. Instead, after resting for most of the afternoon, we went to the cinema to see Gone Girl (a fantastic, thrilling, and frustrating movie) followed by a light dinner at a great café called the Barista café. I can happily say that I had a wonderful birthday abroad! Thank you to everyone who has wished me a happy day. Today (Tuesday) another workawayer,Daniella, has come to stay with us in the house for the rest of the week. She is from Germany and will be in the country until May!
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| Had to post one last picture of Mt. Taranaki |
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Birthday Cake!
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