Was woken up shortly after 5 AM today by an emergency siren going off in the park. Thankfully, it ended shortly and we got to sleep for a couple more hours. We later found out it was an alarm for fires (presumably forest fires). After we were up and had breakfast, everyone filed onto the Magic bus and it drove for awhile, stopping for tea/breakfast at a little cafe. Then onwards to another town, where we stopped for fresh ice cream made in a press with fruit. Tasty snack stop and place to stretch the legs, then back on the bus and all the way to Wellington. We checked in to our Nomads hostel (YHA was full) and then walked around town a bit. It was super cloudy and really windy and chilly. We ventured out for a late lunch/early supper with some other people and settled on Nando's, which is a chain in Europe and features spicy chicken meals. That hit the spot after a long day on the bus and then we headed back towards Nomads. First we stopped at a grocery store and all got some food for tomorrow, and having tonight covered and probably eating Subway tomorrow, B and I purchased only fruits and veggies for breakfast and lunch tomorrow. Each night we get a free meal in the pub attached to the hostel, so we went there after grocery shopping and ordered our free macaroni meals. They were so so so awful. Probably a couple hours old, stale, and cold. Ate some, but was very glad we had eaten a proper dinner already.
After the "meal" everyone chilled for a bit then met up to head out for drinks on the town. 8 of us (4 guys, 4 girls) wandered down Cuba Street, which is the pub street of the CBD area of Wellington. We passed a few bars and pubs, none of which were very busy, but it was still early. A couple we went into were wicked expensive with 9 dollar drinks, etc. so we continued until we came upon one with pints for $5, and that was affordable enough for everyone, so we headed into this place called Scotty and Mal's. Ordered a drink at the bar and observed that the bartender was flamingly gay. As I turned to point this out to the group, I scanned the room as they were ordering drinks. Hmm, lots of dudes in this place. Lightbulb. Ohhhh nooooo guys this is a gay bar... The girls didn't care but all the dudes in our entourage were very creeped out. The 8 of us went downstairs where there was seating and no other patrons and shook our heads, laughing about the situation as we finished our drinks quickly, then exited the establishment. Looking at the sign now, the S and M were definitely emphasized. Good thing we had girls with us or that could have been ugly. Moving on, waaaaaay on from that, we all went back to the Nomads pub for a few more drinks and then all headed our separate ways until tomorrow. We're all heading to Te Papa in the morning, which is the National museum of New Zealand (located here, because Wellington is the capital of the country) and we'll probably check out the Parliament building as well if there is time.
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