Today, tomorrow, yesterday ? ! ? !

It is REALLY difficault keeping track of which day of the week it is, and what date or month it is when youre just going from place to place. It doesnt make it better that all stores here are open every day! Even Sundays. At least that gives you an idea of where you are in the week in Norway. Cant buy beer cause its 6 o'clock? That means its Saturday. Nothing open, and no people in the street, and all you want is a hamburger after your big nite out? That means its Sunday. More about the reason for my whining later, first Ill tell you what I did yesterday.

I think it was a Tuesday, but cant be too sure about that one. Anyways, after a good breakfast and a walk in town to spend some money, I booked a ferry from Picton to Wellington, and a hostel near Picton for the next night. Didnt want to make the long drive on the morning before catching the ferry. I drove north until I got to a carpark, and I started walking. (see picture above;) After some more walking, I got to a beach! :) Wharariki Beach actually! A very sandy beach, AND extremely windy yesterday. I got sand everywhere, and had some problems standing still. I got a nice couple to take a photo of me, and we all almost fell off our feet in a strong punch from the wind! :) After that, I drove up to see Farewell Spit. Sorry, forgot to take a photo. Can I get one of yours clarky? hehe :P

Since I was pretty tired of wind now, I started driving back, but stopped at a nice quiet beach to relax! Looks tempting? It was when I got back to the hostel that my problems started. I was just doing some laundry, buying some food, writing in my diary, when I realised it was Tuesday, and tomorrow would be Wednesday, the 17th. I had managed to book my ferry for the wrong day! And trying to save money - I had booked the cheapest ticket - with no option to change date or time. If I wanted to avoid paying the 220$ again, I had to be at Picton Ferryterminal at 9o'clock the next morning. WELL DONE NINA!

Everything got a little hectic from that. I had to pack in a rush, find out how long it would take me to drive there, and prepare some lunch for the next day. And go to sleep - wakeuptime next morning: 4:30am! I was in the car by 5 - it was jetblack outside! After some hours driving I started to smell something burnt. I got kind of worried. Could my car be tired of all the uphill? After a while it got really foggy, and then I got to a hill - completely lit up in flames! There was firefighters and helicopters there, and I think they were starting to get it under control, because it had started to piss down with rain as well. Heard later that day that the fire had started last night, and a whole town had been evacuated because they were worried it might spread really quickly. But everything ended well, and soon I was on the ferry! :) Really nice weather, calm sea. Took some photos and then I went inside. Plugged my phone in to charge it up, and fell asleep in a chair. When I woke up, the sea wasnt calm anymore. Cool, Nina thought. I went outside and had a look. The waves were so big that when I walked up the stairs, I didnt have to push myself up - the boat went down, so I just had to hold on to the handrail! Very strange feeling! I ran around for a while, loving the cool rollercoaster ride. I had a look from inside, and stood at the front of the boat and looked at the waves crushing into the boat and splashing the windows with so much water it was impossible to see for a while. Around me, people were getting seasick. Very many were getting seasick. But I wanted to look at the cool waves some more. Holding on to the wall all the time though, the boat were going everywhere! And as I started to go to another end of the boat, I felt like sitting down. So I sat down. And I sat there for the rest of the trip. I didnt get sick, but Im pretty sure that if I had stood up for two more minutes I would have. So I just sat in my seat and watched the waves as the boat went uuuuuup and doooooooown and uuuuuup and dooooown. I was pretty close to throwing up when a lady came walking in zigzag past me, sat down, and filled her seasickbag just two meters behind me.. Nice to be out on the ocean, huh?