After over 8 months in the south I will finally make it up to the North Island! (at 6.25 am - check-in at 5.25am which is f* early, but just the cheapest way)
I’m by myself again and left Amy and her friend in Nelson. She’ll go down the eastcoast and I’m headin’ up to Napier tomorrow. I don’t really know what’s going on over there - I’ lll see 
I’ve got six weeks left till my parents come over and visit me for almost 4 weeks - so I better should start planing our trip and organize a car and accommodations… I’ll do - I promise Mum!
What did we do over the last few days:
Golden Bay 25.10. - 27.10.
We went to Golden Bay and the Farewell Spit, but the weather was shit and we couldn’t really do something over there. The first Hostel was in the middle of nowhere and they had composting toilets - which really reminded me at the Quad toilets in the Saddle. We left after a night and stayed another night in Takaka
Picton 27.10. - 28.10.
We took the scenic route from Takaka to Picton - which was pretty awesome!
Queen Charlotte Track 29.10. - 30.10.
We went hiking for two days on the Queen Charlotte Track which was so beautiful. We had a great time - sunshine over two days, saw some Dolphins on our way to the track, stayed at a very nice Homestay with a lovely old Lady, spent a lot of money for the water taxi and I got 4 blisters - it was awesome and one of the nicest tracks I did here in NZ.
Blenheim 31.10 - 01.11.
Blenheim is famous for their vines - so we decided to do a vine tour. It was very interesting and we had a lot of free vine. Which was pretty good, so we survived the night in the most horrible hostel I’ve ever been in NZ.
Nelson 02.11 - 03.11.
Early in the morning we went back to Nelson. I finally managed to sent all my ski stuff back home. No more skiing for the next three months - that’s sad…
Yesterday we were pretty creative and made a bone carving workshop, now I’m really a typical German NZ tourist
I drove from Nelson back to Picton today and will catch the ferry tomorrow and make my way up to Napier. The day after that I’ll hopefully meet Sam again before I drive around the east cape.
That’s enough for now!
Oh - not to forget - I started running again - which is not very helpful for my blisters and I’m on a diet - which sucks but has to be… (wanna go hiking in the National Park, so I have to be in form)
See u later!
Stef
Some pics:
Farwell Spit
Queen Charlotte Track
Nelson Beach
