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Step Into Liquid

Last weekend we decided that we had enough of Auckland, packed up and left for Raglan, the famous surfing beach just 2.5 hrs away from home.

Thats probably the best thing we could think of doing over the weekend. The town itself has a lovely relaxed atmosphere with plenty of good cafes providing a stray weekend Aucklander a warm quiet refuge and tons of Sunday papers to list through while sipping a glass of morning latte.

And obviously, the best thing about Raglan is surfing itself! We spent maybe 2hrs each day (Saturday and Sunday) in the water. The conditions were not perfect, but even I managed to catch some waves without hurting myself too much! The water was bl**dy freezing, I think it must have been some +13C degrees. The feet go completely numb as you enter water and the first gushes of water seeping through your wetsuit down the neck, the arms and legs almost make your heart stop!!

We got our own proper wetsuits now and it really makes a difference. I spent almost 2 hrs in water on Sunday and felt comfortably warm, while Kaj was shivering in his rental wetsuit. Now we just have to get our own surfboards and noone can stop us!

And besides a great weekend, today we received our stuff from Leijonakaupunki!!! Its so amazing to go through the stuff that you haven't seen for months! its like unwrapping Cristmass presents or going through a time capsule. We realized that we need much more storage space than our "designer" home has to offer. We'll somehow have to be creative and resourcefull hiding our stuff in all unexpected corners of the house...

So far we haven't even got a table, the only piece of furniture that we have right now is a futon bed (thanks to Atma for generously borrowing it to us!) We eat dinner sitting on a floor covered with a newspaper... But this won't last - our new table, carpet and a sofa are supposed to arive to our apaprtment by this weekend (I hope so!) And even more stuff is supposed to come from Finland by the end of September! I hope our apartment will stretch enough to accommodate our earthly possessions!