Where is New Zealand?
Hi everybody, especially to Simon!!! I am glad to meet you...your life seems to be very interesting. I love traveling and, because I like Maya and Egyptians, I really would like to visit Mexico and Egypt.
It should be very hot there in this period! Can you tell me a little bit more about the life there? How is the style life? Is it difficult living there? Can you use your English to work there?
I was reading again all comments you wrote and I was wondering if you all know where kiwi Land is located...uhmmm.
I attach a world map so you can have an idea of the position. I think that Italy is the most far Country from here!!
Before coming here I thought that New Zealand was like a tropical Country, with palm trees, crowded beaches and overall a very warm-hot climate... Instead it is a mild Country, Winters are not rigid and it is rare seeing the thermometer under zero (overall in Auckland). On the other hand Summers are not so hot but you can reach 30 degrees during Christmas time, that is not bad I guess! Anyway, it is always a good idea bringing a sweater for the night, after all we are surrounded by the ocean and we are close to Antarctica.
This reminds me two years ago when I was in Italy and my kiwi friends told me about some icebergs that "left" Antarctica to "visit" the neighbor. They told me that you could go in an helicopter to see them!
Another sign we are so close to the ice is the presence of penguins. I didn't see them personally but many people did in Wellington, the Capital city and throughout the South. I saw sea lions actually!!
A part from Wellington and Auckland, there are other cities quite famous: in the central-north there are Rotorua with its geysers and the smell of sulphur and Taupo with its nice lake.
In the South there are Nelson with beautiful beaches and the best weather of all the country, Christchurch with its strange, in my opinion, architecture (old and modern mixed together) and Queenstown with its ski runs and amazing landscapes. I had the chance to visit them all and I think that my favourite remains Wellington. It is built in an European style, it's small and it seems to have a nice soul. I love its pubs and restaurants, its atmosphere and the shops, the Harbour and its green islands.
I will show you many pictures throughout this blog, I promise!
By the way, all your comment are amazing!!!!! Thank you so much!!!
You are so interested in knowing stuff about New Zealand and I will try to answer. I don't have so much time today because I will work all day but I will try to answer to all of you later on.
Let me start....Felicitas, how many questions!!!!! I have been in New Zealand twice. The first time was about three years ago and I've stayed for one year. This time I came last January, so it is just few months ago.
Yes, New Zealand accent sounds different from the British ones (that you usually learn at school) but after few month you will understand it. For me Maori people are difficult to understand but now I can manage with them!
Dear Jeronimo 14, I like Valencia and I enjoyed so much vela and the race!!! I couldn't decide which team I would support because I was born in Switzerland!
There are 24 hours of flight between the two Countries, so for the entire trip about 35-36 hours I guess....it's a long trip!!!
Cristina, I am so happy you wrote to me! I read your blog and I found it very interesting. The life style here is much better than in Italy at the moment and we both need to improve our English, these are the main reasons of our move.
It's true, Ernesto, I am happy so far!!! When you move to another Country there are so many things to learn and this sounds exciting to me!!
I attended an English conversation course and the teacher was amazing. She helped me a lot but I think that the best way for learning English is practising it every day and being committed help a lot I reckon!!
Dear Luis and Kelly, I am glad you found interesting the Doulos!
Naweed, I didn't understand your question, sorry. Could you please explain it to me so I can answer? Thank you!
I agree with you Marianna. I find that the BBC is an amazing tool to improve English and I am so happy it gave me the chance to write this gorgeous blog!
Hi Davide! Thank you for your comment!! I look forward to catching with you on the phone. By the way, I miss you all guys!!
Good on you Ahwaz!
Pritam, probably life has an end for everybody...ahahah!
Sorry if I didn't answer to everybody....it's time for me to go to work.....
Have a nice day and see you soon!
Ciao
Rosi
Comments
Hi Rosi! Thanks for your very informative blog. Good bye, Ana Paula.
Hi Rosi; I am the regular blog reader. I found your blog very interesting; the way you describe and explain things is amazing. I know very little about Newzealand. But I m sure by reading your blog I will know that much that wouldn’t be possible by reading any book about Newzealand. I like that you are so committed about learning English and that you don’t miss any chance where you can use English- Good. Your job, life style, and culture every thing is different from us. I think we will learn so many things along with English. I have read your blog of today once and now I m going to read it again just to keep things in mind. Bye till next blog. Have a super day.
Hello dear Rosi, Thank you for reply. As I said on my first comment (and also some Indian readers like Aditya), New Zealand is a well known country in India. Thanks to cricket! And when I was a high school student. I studied that New Zealand has more sheep per capita than any where else in the world! So, I think you’ve already seen some large flocks while travelling around the countryside. But you all know about the biggest event which put New Zealand under the limelight. Yes……. Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the greatest adventurers in all time (unfortunately passed away few months ago). But I’m lucky enough to watch his last TV interview on BBC world. Anyway, I requested you on my first comment to write a blog on food (maybe about food technology or regional Italian cuisine, whatever you prefer). I hope you’ll write a nice one soon :-) I’m eagerly waiting for your next Blog! Thank you very much! Pritam.
hi nice to meet you My sister lives in an island near Madagascar and the night is falling very quickly. At 6.00 pm, it's all dark, is it the same in New Zealand as it is near the tropic of capricorn ? How many hours it is by plane?
Hello Rosi! How are you doing? Thanks for your answers. Your life sounds very interesting. I would like to know many things of New Zealand: What do people do for living? What about the economy? Is a cheap or an expensive country? What about education and lifestyle of people? On the other hand, I admire you for deciding to live so far from your country? Do you miss your family? That's all for now. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Ciao Mercè
Daar Rosi, I ask you two question, do you have any information about Afghanistan, and my second part I asked about the weather in NewZealand. good luck
Hi Rosi I like your writings surely you give some information about New Zeland which is very far and an interesting country. I haven't been interested in it so far.It is an opportunity to learn about it without moving my finger(pardon just move my finger!). But the thing which is interesting is your energy. I can feel that you are filled with energy through your writings. It made me read your writings. I like your exciement, your full of live. It dosen't matter what you write but keep writing... I feel some nice things after reading you like freshnes, youthfulness and the like. I think you are restless. always be as you are. with love.
Dear Rosi! You gave a very truthful statement in the reply to Ernesto. No once I´ve banned to myself to write a comment but if I´d been following this, I am sure, my exercises in using this language would have finished entirely. Fortunately, ever again a wonderful blog apears here which is a big temptation and pleasure to break the promiss. I have been started two years now with the young studentin, and more than a year I am continuing by writing here. A short brake in this habit make me hard to remember of the words, thinking and writing again. As you maybe noticed I have no possibility to speak. So enjoy those ones you have got on your wonderful stay there!
Hi Rosi. Welcome to the southern hemisphere. As you can see in the world map, only Chile and Argentina are more to the south than New Zealand. And the weather here is so gently because all of us, southeners, (but specially people in NZ) are surrounded for so many water, and the oceans avoid extreme temperature changes. On the contrary, northern hemisphere has more land than water. I don't know how long will this climate pattern be the same, because the global warming. Bye.
Dear Rosi, when I started reading your blog, one of the things that came to my mind was exactly where New Zealand was located on the map and now it seems like you read my mind. But, I'll still have to look it up because the world map is too small and I couldn't spot New Zealand. But, there's no problem. From your wonderful descriptions I can place it much better now and I won't have difficulty finding it on the map. At first I thought it was somewhere north, but now I know it's close to the Antarctica. Well, I'm sure I have a lot more to learn. And I'll be happy to learn it from you. Bye for now.
Hello Rosi, I was really pleased about your last blog. Thank you so much. What a fantastic country and what a young Italian woman full of energy. I'm from the further DDR and I had never thought to get the chance to write e-Mails in English to an unknown person living in New Zealand. It's like a dream. I hope to read many intersting reports about N.Z. I'm very interested in the history and the Maoris's life in the present. What do you think, can we the situation compare with the Aborigines in Australia? Maybe you can write about this point one day. Warm greeting, Felicitas
Hello Rosi, I was really pleased about your last blog. Thank you so much. What a fantastic country and what a young Italian woman full of energy. I'm from the further DDR and I had never thought to get the chance to write e-Mails in English to an unknown person living in New Zealand. It's like a dream. I hope to read many intersting reports about N.Z. I'm very interested in the history and the Maoris's life in the present. What do you think, can we the situation compare with the Aborigines in Australia? Maybe you can write about this point one day. Warm greeting, Felicitas
Dear Rosi, After long time I will be able to fulfil my desire to know about New Zealand will be fulfilled by your blogs. Certainly New Zealand is not new name to me as other blogmate from India described. I have known it as a cricket playing nation and located somewhere near Australia. Today I opened internet site to learn primary knowledge about it to prepare myself to read your blog properly. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kishor Silwal and I am from Himalayan nation Nepal which is situated between India and China. I am working in one of the casinos in Nepal at the night shift. I generally try to write comments in every post whenever possible. My duty hours generally extend from 8 hours a day to 10 or 12 depending on customers flow and nature of games. If I have to stay longer in office, I will not be able to write comments. In such situations most of my times are utilized dealing with VIP customers and I will not be in position to open computer and write comments. I read all your posts and today I am trying to write comments. All your posts are able to give us idea about historical ships as well as major cities of New Zealand. You have written us to turn our Pc on write our comments which made me laugh because without opening Pc how we can read your nice blogs and watch such beautiful pictures.
I loved you blog, a day do you need to visit my country, here we have a good place to visit, the nature here is so beautiful and exotic, I´ll be so happy if you answer my coments. Tks a lot. Eduardo Rios from Brazil
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