I arrived at Purangi Winery almost a week ago, at first I was overwhelmed with options, people, personalities, the building, and the benefits of working here.
But now I've grown very comfortable here. Until now I had only worked at a place either by myself or with one other person. There are a total of 8 internationals working at the winery right now!!! And everybody is interesting in their own unique way. On the whole we all have a blast! After work for the day is done, the jokes and games start.
We have a lot of benefits from working here. Weekly poker nights(I had a great time and only spent $20NZ some people spent over 100). Trips to the beach. HackySack. Ping Pong. Watching Flight of the Conchords. Eating great food. Wood fired pizza is a staple of my diet right now. All the food we can eat. And oh yeah- as many adult beverages as we can reasonably tolerate. I've also learned a lot here including how to play backgammon and a huge amount of NZ slang.
I definitely have grown accustom to being here. The living arrangements are a bit dodgy(during my first shower here I was joined by a chicken), but it makes up for it with the laughs you share with the other internationals and Danny. Danny is the son of Bob. Bob owns the place while Danny runs it. Me and Danny get along great. Our comedic styles work well together when we can understand each other.
Apparently I have a crazy accent. I had no idea till I got here. It throws a lot of people off. Talking with the Germans can be a trick sometimes, but we get through it.
It's a cool little community here that they have built and I can understand why some people stay here for several months in a row. For me it's the open road though- I hitchhike Monday to Tauranga(a place I can now pronounce without people correcting me)
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