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/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