Yesterday were a hectic day with flat views both in Ponsonby, City Center and Parnell and in order to save money and get to know the city we decided to walk. And by walking there is a few rules which apply and a few that i just learned yesterday.
Rule #1: The same rules which apply in traffic also applies on the sidewalk. Keep left and overtake right hand in this case.
Rule #2: (this one suprised me cause i though they were to trust in these situations) Never ask a women for directions its like asking a blind person what time it is. Its all guesses.
Rule #3: Dont suddenly break to take a picture of you and the great building behind you unless you pull a bit to the side.
Rule #4: (Only affects in NZ(according to my experience)) You may cross some road-crossings diagonal in city center.
Rule #5: Make sure your map has every road name on it and not just every 2nd.
I think if you're following these rules many things could be avoided.
Time saving: Combination of rule #2 and #5.
Increasing sidewalk flow: Combination of rule #1, #3 and #4
Avoiding crashes: Rule #3.
you can come up with more, but thats just a few i remember right now, my moleskin notebook is unfortunately in my room so a few details me be missing out.
My first flat-view was at 11 am on Victoria street and it was a great flat but there live a couple which I'm not so keen on to be honest. But it was a nice flat with a good layout for having a happy living in the city.
Then we walked to Parnell and Torsten had set us up with a girl to show her flat, but he wasn't able to read the girls text language and he decided not to ask me what "2moro" meant, resulted in us both standing at a door 24 hours too early. We then went for another flat in Parnell and on the way i decided a few Fish 'n' Chips would be good motivation so i found a nice local place and ordered a portion. A few minutes later it was ready, but it wasn't a "to go" so we needed to find a bench where we could eat it. Before eating the nice meal we had to see the flat in Parnell and it was a great flat unfortunately way too dirty in general. We then went out to find a bench and we found one in a rose garden, and ate the fish 'n' chips, they were GREAT !
I then had an appointment in City Center so we went there, it was a nice flat but way too small so we went downtown to see if we could find some more Fish 'n' Chips that could match the ones from Parnell, we failed, badly, but we got our stomach full and went on to Ponsonby.
I had a appointmen at 7:30 pm to view what should become the best flat by a mile. I have a few more viewings on Sunday but I think I have decided to go there.
After the view we went for a Heineken to end the day on a local bar in Ponsonby, the view of Auckland from Ponsonby was great it is located a bit higher than the city and there were lights everywhere you looked the bridge were lighted and that meant you could see every boat waiting for dawn in the harbor a great end to a long day.
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