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The Kāpiti Coast We are trying to get out of the city one day each weekend and yesterday we continued our plans to do so with a visit to the Kāpiti Coast.  It's not a great distance from Welly, about 45 minutes without stops and features some gorgeous views of the ocean and the rolling (sheep covered) hills along the coastline.  It's actually quite a stunning trip -- no surprise there. Before diving in with brief trip highlights let me talk for a moment about how we got there.  We still have not found a decent car so we signed up for a service here called "Mevo" -- sort of a "car2Go" model where you jump in a car and rent it by the minute. It's a great concept and we were excited to get behind the wheel. Warning : We demonstrate our general stupidity here.   The cars they use are hybrid Audi A3 models.  We have never driven an Audi before, and we have not owned a car in four years, so to say we are behind on modern cars is an understate

The beach near Eastbourne Village / Days Bay It's been a while since my last blog post.  Simply, our day-to-day lives are pretty boring -- certainly not worth blogging about. :(  It's a pretty consistent routine of "Morning Coffee Editions" followed by work, then dinner, then some manner of Netflix binging, cribbage, reading...  Lately, we've taken up Orphan Black on a near-binge basis (pretty good), I've watched Luke Cage Season 2 (way better than season one with a lot of great music and acting performances).  Would I watch it if Jenna wasn't working there? Yep.  It's worth watching. Next up is G.L.O.W. season 2, another place Jenna works. Last season started off "meh" and finished really strong so I am stoked to start my G.L.O.W. sessions. 11 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS, WOW!!!! Last weekend we ventured outside of Wellington. We don't have a car yet so just going for a drive isn't something we do. Right outside of our building is a

Southern Right Whale - stole this photo The Southern Right Whale is a rare occurrence in Wellington Harbour.  In fact, one only shows up every decade or so.... how lucky for us that one decided to hang around during our first week in the new place!  All of Welly is abuzz with the sighting with people lining the harbour to get a view of this beauty.  It's been here for three days, though I haven't spotted him today.  They are about 50ft long and weigh a remarkable 47 tonnes.  They are also considered to be one of the most promiscuous mammals on the planet as evidenced by the size of their testicles.  At 500kg (1,100 lb.) the sheer size indicates sperm competition within the species.  The Northern and Southern Right Whales are very similar though DNA testing reveals that they are unique species (subclass of Balin) and have not interbred in 12 million years. I guess that makes them racist and whorish? It was great fun watching them, having people constantly asking me if I &q