So much has transpired since we left home that there's little hope of covering it all adequately in one or two posts. Add to this the fact that jet lag has me waking up every morning at 5:30 and crashing by 7pm and you'll understand why I'm taking one topic at a time.
Tonight's subject: the weather. Normally this is topic is reserved for filling uncomfortable silences in conversation. Wellington's weather deserves mention, though, because it was a major concern of ours prior to moving here and it continues to have quite an impact on our lives.
Wellington is the world's southernmost capital city. It is the only capital city with the distinction of being located within the roaring forties. Sailors cringe when they hear that term, and with good reason. If you want to win a sailing race around the earth, the best way to do it is to sail south until you hit these latitudes, then hold on for dear life as the uninterrupted winds circling Antarctica whip you around the globe.
We had heard it could be windy in Wellington and we fully expected it to be freezing, rainy, and cloudy in addition. The good news is that it's not freezing. The bad news is that it is definitely windy, rainy, and cloudy. The weather really hasn't been terrible; it's just not been very good at all. For winter, it feels pretty mild. It's in the 50's and the wind can indeed be very impressive at times. The weather can change more rapidly than any place I've ever seen in my life. It routinely switches from nasty to beautiful in a span of minutes, then switches right back again.
Someone told Amy that it wasn't humid here, and that person is going to hell. We have two dehumidifiers running full time downstairs. With them, everything is fine. Without them, I'd have moved home already. It has rained everyday except yesterday (which was 75 degrees and sunny) and the wet weather shows no signs of abating though the locals assure me that the summers are quite nice. I'll just have to take their word for it. In the meantime, I'm buying myself a nice pair of rain pants (an umbrella wouldn't stand a chance in this wind).
3 comments:
Yay! You are all there! So glad to hear that everything is going well. And what a bonus for you, Bruce, that Amy will have sexy windswept hair every day in the near future!
Woohoo - so happy you all made it safely and are starting to get settled. Sounds like some cute yellow rain slickers are in the future for the kids. :)
Love you!
hey y'all, from louisiana!! it sounds like quite the adventure!! we are hotter than lava and dry as a bone and it seems that y'all are having the opposite problem. i can't wait for the next update of the kiwi lovelaces and hope the weather improves!! it looks beautiful, though!! keep in touch and play some poker for jeff, bruce! (or some strange new zealand card game) love- the overdykes xoxo
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