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   It seems as though my weekends are always so busy. I love getting out in Wellington and doing as much as I can while I’m here! This past weekend was no exception; I was on the run the whole time!

   I’ve recently learnt about a dairy that sells American goodies on Cuba Street. Saturday morning, I walked over there with Hallie to go American food crazy! We met up with some Kiwi friends and had a great time explaining different American candies to them. I got pop tarts, which I’ve missed!

   It took us forever to decided what to buy, but we finally did and headed over to a coffee shop nearby. We did the atomic fireball challenge, which was totally underwhelming! Atomic fireballs are super spicy cinnamon candies, and I guess the challenge is that you have to eat one without spitting it out. We all did it, but some of us were a little tortured!

   After that adventure, I took the bus to Petone, a neighbouring suburb. There’s an artesian well in Petone, which supplies the residents with drinking water. It’s naturally filtered and stuff. Look at the picture for more info :)

If you click it on it, you should be able to read it. Hopefully.

I don't know if this actually has anything to do with the well.

   I filled my nalgene with the artesian water, and it tasted good! Better than the normal Wellington tap water. I wandered along Jackson Street afterwards, which is the main road. There were tons of cool restaurants, cafes, boutiques, and shops. I could have done some real damage there, but I didn’t buy hardly anything.

Petone Beach, so pretty!

I went to Petone Beach as well, which was so cool. It extended for what seemed like miles, and there were piles of driftwood everywhere. Shells littered the shore too. It was so cool! Since Petone is just up the harbour from Wellington, I could see the city from the beach. It was so so cool.

Driftwood as far as I could see!

I'm not even ashamed of taking so many photos of myself anymore.

The lovely Jackson Street.

   I went back to the bus stop and tried to get back to Wellington, but when the bus came, the driver didn’t let anybody on! There were tons of us at the bus stop, and we were all soo confused. The bus must have been to full, or at least that’s what I overheard from the crowd. Luckily we didn’t have to wait too much longer for the next bus, but that one was packed too! I think there was a big rugby game in Wellington, so everyone was trying to get there all at once!

   Saturday night, I had a 21^st birthday party to attend. One of my Kiwi friends was turning 21 and had a big get together with lots of people. The drinking age is 18 in New Zealand, so you wouldn’t think 21 would be a big deal. But it is! They go all out! We all met at a bar called Betty’s, which was so classy! There must have been over 50 of us there! We mingled, drank, and listened to some speeches, then headed around town. We went to this one place called Boogie Wonderland which was absolutely amazing. They played old songs from the 70s-90s, and it’s just a big dance hall. It was so much fun! I had such a great night.

   My night was so awesome that I ended up sleeping until noon the next day. I didn’t even know I was capable of that anymore! I guess I was more tired than I thought. Anyways, I didn’t accomplish too much Sunday, but I did get some groceries for the week. I’m getting so good at buying only what I need. I’m learning a lot about being a real adult!

   Sunday night, I went to the movie theatre for the Documentary Edge Festival that’s going on in Wellington for the next week. I met up with a couple people there and we watched Trashed, a documentary about the world’s waste problem. It was rather depressing, but it’s something everyone should know about. Right after Trashed, we watched another documentary called Propaganda. It was the best film I’ve seen in a long time. There was a Q&A with the film maker afterwards, which was really interesting. The documentary was supposed to be a propaganda film from North Korea, outlining consumerism and culture in the West. It was actually made by a Kiwi film maker, but it was very believable. The documentary featured a ‘professor’ who spoke throughout the whole thing, but whose identity was kept secret. The man who played that professor was at the Q&A, and told us about how the Korean community in Christchurch, where he lives, has now labeled him as a South Korean spy. It seems this film has stirred up a lot of controversy, and after seeing it, I know why! It’s not made it to America yet, but it is on youtube and I highly suggest it.

   Once again, I had a really wonderful weekend. I could definitely get used to living in a city where there is always something to do!

   This is pretty off topic, but here's another video of Wellington that a student in my photo class made for one of our projects. It is so well done!