When I realised that her ship was coming to Wellington, I sent her a message asking if she’d like to meet. Last night I got a phone call from her, so today we met up for coffee.

I really enjoyed talking to her, as she is a very friendly chatty person and has been to lots of interesting places. She also likes buying shoes and has been to the same Egyptian exhibition I went to last week. I also discovered that because she was dux of the navigation course, she was rewarded by being allowed to bring the ship into the wharf here. I thought that was really cool!