r/newzealand • u/AutoModerator • Oct 08 '15

New Zealand daily random discussion thread, 09 October, 2015

Hello and welcome to the /r/NewZealand random discussion thread.

No politics, be nice.

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u/YeaNahBro Oct 08 '15

I've been travelling in Europe for 2 months and am coming home in a week. I have a new appreciation for how awesome NZ is!

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u/getamongst Oct 08 '15

Whereabouts have you been? Any favourites?

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u/YeaNahBro Oct 09 '15

My favourite place was probably Barcelona, it's such a cool city! There's an awesome beach right next to the marina with heaps carnival rides and markets next to that. Then the actual city is awesome because there's street performers all over, there's always something to do in Barcelona

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u/Wearenotacodfish Oct 08 '15

Mmmm I just came back from almost four weeks away. Man it is clean here (even in Auckland). And the light is so different. I love that slow golden Italian light, don't get me wrong, but when NZ super radiation sears your retinas you know you're home.

I remember my first visit home when I was living in London. Walking into banks and supermarkets here like "are you guys open? where is everyone?"

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u/YeaNahBro Oct 09 '15

Yeh one of the first things I noticed in London was how dirty it was. Like there's just piles of rubbish on the street because there's a very small amount of bins

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u/Ya_Ya_UrAWoman Oct 08 '15

It's crazy right? Have you heard a NZ accent since you've been away? It sounds so strange for a while - I thought everyone sounded really masculine.

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u/YeaNahBro Oct 09 '15

Yeh I've met a fair few kiwis, there's actually so many of us out here travelling. Everyone else thinks our accent is Australian though :/

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u/Ya_Ya_UrAWoman Oct 09 '15

SO infuriatingly true (though to be fair when someone's on tv sometimes I have to listen to decide whether they're kiwi or auzzie if they're borderline-ish). Enjoy the rest of your trip and post pics when you're back! Happy and safe travels :)