Friday was a dark day.
Too much to do, too much going on, too many people needing things, and a broken car.
Not just a broken car, but the only VW Golf in New Zealand with this one broken bit that only could be replaced out of Germany!
It is never good to be on the receiving end of the conversation that starts with 'you'd better sit down for this'
So not only was it going to be expensive it was also going to take nearly a month.
Dark became gloomy, and silver-linings were hard to find.
Saturday I had a wedding out on the Peninsula, about 80km of winding hilly roads away.
My assistant , Lillian, was going to bring her car for the trip.
But Jo had different plans and organised another option.
the TD2000 replica
She snuck out of the studio and picked up this little number for me.
Somehow driving this car made me Mr Popular. People I didn't know would wave and smile. It was not possible to feel dark.
I had parked on the way, to buy some wedding supplies (Coke, Chocolate, Muesli Bars, and Water), within seconds somebody had stopped, got out of their own car, and was nodding nostalgically as they talked about owning one in a previous life.
At the wedding It was not a problem parking right in front of the venue, and during the wedding I went from being 'the photographer' to 'the photographer with THAT car'.
Unfortunately I had to give it back.
But for one day I was King of the Road. (In a Replica roadster kind of way).
Thanks
Johannes
