Ok, so my computer battery died and we have only had one or two outlets in our rooms and the heater takes up one and camera chargers rotating between the four of us take up the other…. So, point of story is I haven’t been writing and I have a lot to catch you up on!
Again, I would like to reiterate the fact that New Zealand is FREAKING AWESOME!!!!! Sorry… I didn’t mean to yell, I just love it here! Anyway, in Queenstown, Claire and Casey didn’t end up being able to go skydiving. After three attempts, it was just too windy for them to go. Cat and I were however, able to go ziplining. We went on four separate zip tracks through the mountains that gave us stunning views of the lake and mountains around it. The town itself was SO beautiful. It is a nice little costal town right on lake that was the same glacial blue as all the others sitting in between these huge snow capped mountains. The view from our hostel alone was spectacular. We had clear views of the lake and two different mountain ranges. One of which was the Remarkables, which are named for the fact that they are the only mountain range in the world that run due north and south. After our minor hikes and thoroughly exploring Queenstown and taking about a billion more pictures, we started our trek north to the Franz Josef glacier. On our way out of town there were two roads, the scenic route and the highway route…. Naturally we took the scenic route that got us to our mid way destination about 45 minutes behind the highway and the ominous road signs speaking of chained tires in winter and absolutely NO trucks allowed, didn’t stop us. Needless to say, we 100% made the right decision! With me at the helm, we wound and twisted our way up these mounatins and hills slowly heading north. Again, cameras were whipped out at every direction. One stop we came to looked back in over Queenstown and we even high enough that we were eye to eye with a landing airplane, to which I totally geeked out over. After that we kept on trucking along slowly twisting and turning up and down, luckily none of us got car sick. We finally wound our way through the mountains to our midway point of Wanaka. Again, this was a nice little town on the edge of a lake, with, of course, stunning views! We drove around the lake and stopped at this scenic overlook. We had the perfect weather, sunny and warm. I think I could have sat on the edge of this cliff overlooking the water for days. Unfortunately however, after some exploring we had to be on our way. On our way up the road, the scenery started to change dramatically. There were no longer snow capped mountains, but rather mountains covered in rainforest. Come to find out, it is an actual rain forest, but we couldn’t believe that the surrounding ecosystem had changed so much. We could see waterfalls flowing from high off the mountains and trees and bushes everywhere, it just had that “wet” feeling that you would imagine a rainforest to have. The only difference was that it was only about 60 degrees, so no jungle fever for us. Again, we found ourselves on curvy roads, but as we got farther towards the west coast we started to smell salt water. Then, out of nowhere, the mountains opened up and we emerged onto a road that ran just parallel to the ocean. It was amazing. It was about two o’clock when we had made it there so the sun was just visible over the water, making it even more of a sight to see. Again, we could have stopped for ages, but we needed to keep driving. The ocean didn’t last too long as we made our way back into the mountains for our glacial destination. There were two glaciers that we were going to see. One was Fox glacier and the other was Franz Josef, also the town we were staying in. We ate dinner at Fox Glacier and then went and hiked around the sheet of ice. It was pretty cool, you couldn’t get on it, but having never seen a glacier before it was pretty amazing. As the sun set, we decided it was time to go and check-in to our hostel just another 20 minutes up the road. Franz Josef was a small little town, literally only two roads and nothing open past 8 pm. We slept well and bounced out of bed early to check out the second glacier. Again, we couldn’t climb on it and we didn’t feel like taking an expensive helicopter tour just to get to the top, so we did the hour or so hike up to it and got as close as we could. Our next resting place was Westport, which was farther up the west coast, so after our hike we decided to hit the road again. We stopped at a couple of walking trails along the way, taking pictures of many waterfalls and scenic areas. Once we got a little over half way to Westport, we stumbled over an area called the pancake rocks. By this time we had gotten back to the coast and the rocks were so named because they have lines running along them that make them look like huge stacks of pancakes. What’s neat about them though is that their formation along the coast has made blowholes and as the waves come crashing into them, water is forced up and out of certain areas of the rocks. It literally looks and sounds like a whale is clearing its blowhole. Once on the road again, we made only one pit stop to get a smoothie from McDonalds. Unfortunately to say, as college kids on a budget, we have eaten at Mackers, as they call it, for breakfast everyday, and basically fish and chips (french fries) the rest of our meals because its the cheapest, but I digress…. Once in Westport, we stayed at this old renovated house, which was the only hostel in the whole town. It was a nice little place and the beds were comfy, but there was absolutely nothing do to there, except for a seal colony, so we went to see it. It actually turned out to be really cool. We were there around 6 pm so we looked at all of the seals sleeping, fighting, and flopping all over the rocks, then we made our way up the hiking trail to the top of this hill and sat in the grass and watched the sun set over the ocean. We stayed until the sun finally sunk below the horizon, and in hopes of seeing the green flashing light at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean 3, but it never happened. After that, it got super cold so we went back to the hostel and watched a movie. The next morning was a big drive to Picton where were catching the Ferry to Wellington, but not before horse back riding. Casey had been wanting to go horse back riding since day one, so we found a place that did a two hour ride for $80 (New Zealand) and we went. We all grumbled about it, but it ended up being pretty fun. We basically went all over the woods and along some fields and water. One river was the Buller river, which come to find out has the largest amount of water flowing through it second only to the Nile, so that was pretty cool. After that little adventure, we headed to the Sea port of Picton. We went back through the same rain forest type mountains, which we are all convinced is where the Jurassic Park movies were filmed. Once to Picton, we hopped on the ferry and parked our car and just chilled out for the 3 hour journey in the lounges upstairs. After our journey to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, we got lost for about an hour. Wellington is one of the world’s WORST laid out cities ever created. I was driving and Claire was navagating, and no matter what the map said, we kept hitting one way’s and do not enter signs and seriously could not get to where we needed to be! We finally made it and just crashed in our hostel and got up bright and early the next morning to get the heck out of there. We ventured into a town called Upper Hut and visited a couple of Lord of the Rings filming sites. One was a river, but the most exciting one was where they filmed Rivendell. I took tons of pictures and again, the landscape was just gorgeous. We then started to head up north to the town of Rotorua. On the way, we saw where they filmed the Black Gates and as we passed through this deserty area we saw a full rainbow in the field right next to us. Claire was driving and immediately swerved off of the road for us to take pictures. The North Island is completely different from the south. Here instead of long mountain ranges, there are rolling hills of green as far as the eye can see, with little plops of white sheep all over them. The north island is where they filmed the Shire in LOTR so if you are familiar with the movies, then that is where we are. As we headed up the road, we stopped at a place called Lake Taupo and ate dinner and did a little walking around. It was a decent sized town and the lake was beautiful. It was really clear and blue, although not glacial fed, it was still nice none the less. The green hills surrounded the whole lake and the sun again was setting over it, making our views unbelievable. After we tore ourselves away, we headed into Rotorua. Let me just start off by saying, THIS TOWN STINKS!!!!! Not stinks as in its boring, but as in the air stinks! This area is filled with geothermal hot spots so the smell of sulfur is rank in the air! I absolutely do not know how people live here. The smell is awful. Luckily our hostel is in a place where it is hard to smell it, but man some places in town smell like you have been swimming in rotten eggs for years. Anyway, we got into town last night (Wednesday 29, September) and did a little exploring. We stumbled across this amazing hole in the wall and got ice cream and ended up going back today for lunch. For $10 you got two pieces of fish, one sasuage (like a bratwurst), chips, and a seafood stick! It was amazing. I’m getting ahead of myself a little bit, but the food was just SO good. Anyway, we went to bed rather early and got up around nine and went to the one thing I have been waiting this whole trip to do… Zorbing! Zorbing was invented in New Zealand and its where you put your self in the big giant plastic ball and roll down a hill. Casey and Cat did the dry Zorb where you get strapped in and tumble down the hill head over heels all the way to the bottom. Claire and I however, did the water Zorb, where they fill a portion of the ball up with a bit of water and then you climb into it. They then proceed to roll you down this winding hill whilst you slosh everywhere! It was absolutely one of the most amazing things I have ever done in my life! If it wasn’t so expensive, I would have ridden a million times! Afterwards, claire and I froze our bums off and went back to the hostel to change. Once back we were trying to decide on an afternoon activity and settled on a hike through this redwood forest. It was about a two and a half hour hike and it had a pretty good rain going for the latter half of the trek, but overall it was pretty neat to see. The redwoods are just like those in California, except I don’t think they get as big around. We were also able to look down into a spot were there were a bunch of geothermal pools and we also saw one of the geyser’s erupting. Our long wet trek finally came to an end and we are now sitting back in our hostel taking a breather....
Phew.. Ok, I know that is a lot for you to read, and man that was a lot for me to type. A lot has happened since I was last able to write and I’m sure I’m missing out on some things, but this is turning into quite the post! But, at least you are all caught up now! I would also like to mention that it is my mom’s birthday today, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Tonight should be a pretty chilled out night in Rotorua as we are getting up early to hit up a couple more spots before heading into Auckland. This trip is just going by insanely fast and I can’t believe that it is already coming to a close. We really only have one more day left here, as our flight is out of Auckland at 7 am, but that should give us a chance to settle back into Australia time and come down off of our New Zealand high before starting school on Monday.
Hopefully all is well on the other side of the globe! Until next time… no worries!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Kiwi's and Sheep!
Fact: There are more sheep in New Zealand than Human.
Fact: New Zealand is Hands Down the most beautiful place I have ever been to in my life!
So we flew from Melbourne into Christchurch on the 23rd of September. We landed at 11:30pm so we didn’t do much that night. We were all starving from the flight because they didn’t feed us and so we just ended up going to KFC around the corner from our hostel. After eating and walking around the square we finally retired to our room and all fell asleep. The next day was early… We got up at 8:30 to pick up or car and head out. After picking up or beautiful White Nissan Sunny, we headed off to explore Christchurch. After a minor map snafu and remembering to drive on the left side of the road, we headed out to the beach. We stopped at pegasus bay and got out… The water was and icy blue and the sounds of the crashing waves was absolutely amazing. Only the even better part was you could be standing on the beach and then turn around to see snow covered mountains. I had never seen anything like that before and I had now idea of the views that were yet to come…
At around noon we decided it was time to get on our way to Queenstown. Claire drove us out of the city and towards our destination… We stopped in a town called Geraldine to where we found this amazing diner and had some pretty awesome Fish and Chips (fries) They had all homemade sauces and the food was absolutely delicious! After stuffing our faces, we were back on our way, only this time I was at the helm of the ship, which we have named Aeowin (SP?) to fit in with our tour of New Zealand/Lord of the rings Middle Earth. Heading farther east, we only got closer and closer to the ominous mountains, which looked absolutely breath taking. The clouds were floating around the tops of them while the snow blew in the wind. I couldn’t wait to get closer. As we were driving, the road we were on had two glacial lakes. As we topped over a hill the view we had was more than words can describe. The water was an icy pale blue and was just so pristine and gorgeous. Then, rising up from the coast of the water were the snowy mountains that fed them. We found a place to park and ventured down some rocks to the water. The wind was blowing heavily off the lake, but just such pure fresh smelling air that I didn’t mind. Once we got to the water and we had completed the ritual tourist pictures we all decided to drink the water… It just looked so clean we couldn’t resist. After getting over the shock of how cold the water was to the touch we each scooped up a handful and drank. As I had suspected, it was absolutely delicious.. Again, just as crisp and clean as the air! We finally pulled ourselves away to head to the next lake. It was just as, if not more beautiful than the first. After passing by that one, we made our way into the mountains. The path through wasn’t too bad… just a few curves here and there and some fairly steep climbs, but it stayed flat most of the time.
We continued to drive or 6 hour drive and when we were about an hour outside of Queenstown we stumbled upon this fresh fruit place with Cider, food and Sweets, so naturally we pulled over and went in. We hadn’t even eaten dinner yet, but after looking around, we new we had to get this custard cake, so Claire and I split it. It was literally one of the best things I have ever eaten. Both of the crusts were drenched in butter and coconut. Then inbetween was the most beautiful whipped vanilla custard you have ever tasted… I think we could have eaten about fifty more… but we refrained. We finally forced ourselves to leave and made it down the road to Queenstown. We checked into our amazing hostel, which truly is one of the best I’ve seen… We even have our own bathroom, so that’s nice, and then headed out to dinner. After eating some pizza we all came back to chill out here and sleep before our big adventure day tomorrow. Queenstown is the Adventure capital of the Southern hemisphere apparently, so we are adventuring… I’m not going as far as Claire… she is going skydiving with Casey and me and Cat are going ziplining… If you know me at all, I’m not really an adrenaline junky. :) Anyway, we are spending two nights here so we are going to try and do as much as possible. Along side our adventure, we are balancing out with the dorkieness of the group and hitting up a couple of Lord of the Rings sites they used for filming in this area. Once we are done here, we will be heading up the West Coast towards Franz Josef Glacier, which should be a site to see and I am so excited for it.
Driving seemed like a breeze, both in a way, that driving a long haul drive on the left side of the road was actually no big deal, and also, that even though it was a long drive, the scenery was so dramatic and always changing, we were just always awestruck!
I’m just trying to write a day at a time and I’ll post when I can, but if it all ends up one big post in the end, I apologise.
On a side note, New Zealanders are called Kiwi’s and there slogan is “it’s the Kiwi way” but I have yet to find out why they are called Kiwi’s. So, If anyone has any info on this please share it.
I’ll just keep documenting my holiday, trying to write down as much as I can at a time… Until next time, no worries!
Fact: New Zealand is Hands Down the most beautiful place I have ever been to in my life!
So we flew from Melbourne into Christchurch on the 23rd of September. We landed at 11:30pm so we didn’t do much that night. We were all starving from the flight because they didn’t feed us and so we just ended up going to KFC around the corner from our hostel. After eating and walking around the square we finally retired to our room and all fell asleep. The next day was early… We got up at 8:30 to pick up or car and head out. After picking up or beautiful White Nissan Sunny, we headed off to explore Christchurch. After a minor map snafu and remembering to drive on the left side of the road, we headed out to the beach. We stopped at pegasus bay and got out… The water was and icy blue and the sounds of the crashing waves was absolutely amazing. Only the even better part was you could be standing on the beach and then turn around to see snow covered mountains. I had never seen anything like that before and I had now idea of the views that were yet to come…
At around noon we decided it was time to get on our way to Queenstown. Claire drove us out of the city and towards our destination… We stopped in a town called Geraldine to where we found this amazing diner and had some pretty awesome Fish and Chips (fries) They had all homemade sauces and the food was absolutely delicious! After stuffing our faces, we were back on our way, only this time I was at the helm of the ship, which we have named Aeowin (SP?) to fit in with our tour of New Zealand/Lord of the rings Middle Earth. Heading farther east, we only got closer and closer to the ominous mountains, which looked absolutely breath taking. The clouds were floating around the tops of them while the snow blew in the wind. I couldn’t wait to get closer. As we were driving, the road we were on had two glacial lakes. As we topped over a hill the view we had was more than words can describe. The water was an icy pale blue and was just so pristine and gorgeous. Then, rising up from the coast of the water were the snowy mountains that fed them. We found a place to park and ventured down some rocks to the water. The wind was blowing heavily off the lake, but just such pure fresh smelling air that I didn’t mind. Once we got to the water and we had completed the ritual tourist pictures we all decided to drink the water… It just looked so clean we couldn’t resist. After getting over the shock of how cold the water was to the touch we each scooped up a handful and drank. As I had suspected, it was absolutely delicious.. Again, just as crisp and clean as the air! We finally pulled ourselves away to head to the next lake. It was just as, if not more beautiful than the first. After passing by that one, we made our way into the mountains. The path through wasn’t too bad… just a few curves here and there and some fairly steep climbs, but it stayed flat most of the time.
We continued to drive or 6 hour drive and when we were about an hour outside of Queenstown we stumbled upon this fresh fruit place with Cider, food and Sweets, so naturally we pulled over and went in. We hadn’t even eaten dinner yet, but after looking around, we new we had to get this custard cake, so Claire and I split it. It was literally one of the best things I have ever eaten. Both of the crusts were drenched in butter and coconut. Then inbetween was the most beautiful whipped vanilla custard you have ever tasted… I think we could have eaten about fifty more… but we refrained. We finally forced ourselves to leave and made it down the road to Queenstown. We checked into our amazing hostel, which truly is one of the best I’ve seen… We even have our own bathroom, so that’s nice, and then headed out to dinner. After eating some pizza we all came back to chill out here and sleep before our big adventure day tomorrow. Queenstown is the Adventure capital of the Southern hemisphere apparently, so we are adventuring… I’m not going as far as Claire… she is going skydiving with Casey and me and Cat are going ziplining… If you know me at all, I’m not really an adrenaline junky. :) Anyway, we are spending two nights here so we are going to try and do as much as possible. Along side our adventure, we are balancing out with the dorkieness of the group and hitting up a couple of Lord of the Rings sites they used for filming in this area. Once we are done here, we will be heading up the West Coast towards Franz Josef Glacier, which should be a site to see and I am so excited for it.
Driving seemed like a breeze, both in a way, that driving a long haul drive on the left side of the road was actually no big deal, and also, that even though it was a long drive, the scenery was so dramatic and always changing, we were just always awestruck!
I’m just trying to write a day at a time and I’ll post when I can, but if it all ends up one big post in the end, I apologise.
On a side note, New Zealanders are called Kiwi’s and there slogan is “it’s the Kiwi way” but I have yet to find out why they are called Kiwi’s. So, If anyone has any info on this please share it.
I’ll just keep documenting my holiday, trying to write down as much as I can at a time… Until next time, no worries!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
I think time speeds up in Australia?!
Hello all! So I know its been ages since I’ve last posted.... coming up on two weeks and for me it only feels like two days! My time here in Australia is just slipping away. Its already mid semester here, which I can hardly believe and I have had schoolwork out the yang. One paper due last week, and two more this coming Monday, none of them short mind you.... My shortest assignment is a 300 word abstract, which ironically is turning out to be the hardest to complete. All-in-all though, school has been good. Nothing really to complain about too much!
Balancing out the other side of the scale however, I have been having some fun. Don’t worry... I didn’t come all this way JUST to study! ;) Australians like to have a good time, and like I’ve said before, they really just work when it suits them... You could really find something to do any night of the week, but my friends and I have decided that just on Monday’s, Wednesdays and Fridays are we going out. Mondays have really been a thing since we got here. Every Monday, the pub next door to our apartment building, has good specials and after 10 pm they have a really good DJ. It doesn’t get too wild, seeing as its a Monday, but it is still a good time. A great way every week for everyone to get together and see each other. Last night was particularly fun however, the Irish threw a house party. During my stay here, I have become great friends with a group of Irish people, who are amazing. I know what you’re thinking... he’s traveled halfway round the world to be best friends with the Irish? Where are the Australians?... a question I have frequently asked myself. Being in the city its hard to meet a lot of locals, because they go home. Living in an apartment building with a bunch of International students makes it a lot easier to make for friends from Germany, the UK, and for me... Ireland, but I digress. Anyway, so the Irish had a big house party and we all had to dress up in something orange, green, or white, (the colours of their flag) or all three. When I heard dress up, and that there would be a prize for best costume, I was bound and determined to win it. So Claire and I headed off to savers, which is like Goodwill here. I had a rough idea of what I wanted, but what I found was gold! I walked out of that store with orange polyester pants, a 1960’s plaid green wool suit jacket and green stockings all for $15. So I turned the pants into shorts and put the green stockings on under them. I wore a white collared shirt and the green over coat with black dress shoes. I looked completely outrageous, but it was a pretty freaking awesome costume. So we head out and get to the party. The walk down the road was hysterical, everyone looking at me, but when we get there, needless to say, I was more Irish than the Irish. So, by the end of the night, I was chosen winner by the masses and collected my prize of Irish goods. It was a fun night had by all!
With it being mid semester and spring time for that matter, our spring break is coming up next week. We get two weeks off, Sept 20-Oct. 3. I am pretty stoked about it too, because me and a couple of friends are going to New Zealand. After much research and finding a bunch of different tours, we decided to just road trip it. We have rented a car from Christchurch, NZ and are touring the South Island, then hopping a ferry and Touring the North Island. It has turned out to be the best way to see the most for the least amount of money... and being the tight, cheap person that I am, I am even more excited. We have booked our flights and our hostels, as well as the car, which by the way is a sleek 2002 Nissan Sunny, which looks like it jumped straight out of the 80’s.... I think, due to its stunner looks, could be the reason it had “model year 2002” in big letters right under the picture, because at first I was like “I don’t care how much more I have to pay, I am NOT getting in that thing.” Then I looked at the year and more pictures, and although it isn’t the nicest looking car, it will do its job well, and it gets good gas mileage. Needless to say, I can not wait for this trip to get here. And for those of you who may be saying, “why is he going to New Zealand when he’s in Australia” I have three things to say.... Just google New Zealand and you will see how amazingly beautiful it is, Lord of the Rings (need I say more), and I have a trip planned to Sydney for mid October. :D
Besides the whirlwind of activity that has been the past few weeks, there isn’t much else new. The weather has been nicer lately, but the rain showers have been more frequent. The other day, I was walking back from class and was excited to see the sun... I even took off my jacket, because it had really warmed up. I got back to my place and dropped all my stuff. I then went to open up the balcony doors to let in the fresh spring air and much to my surprise, slash not really surprised anymore, it was POURING rain. Rain which only lasted ten minutes and the sun came out, but still... really?! It is not uncommon for it to do that 3-4 times in one day. Again, the weather here is on crack! I have also come to find out that it is the wettest and coldest it has been here in like 20 years, which naturally is my luck. I couldn’t have gotten here when it was Hot and in Drought? I am just thankful that the weather is starting to warm up now.
Other than all of that, I am just trudging along. Trying not to blink, because another day goes by. I know that I will be ready to go home come November, but for now I am just trying to cherish every day! Hope all is well with all of my readers! Until next time... no worries!
Balancing out the other side of the scale however, I have been having some fun. Don’t worry... I didn’t come all this way JUST to study! ;) Australians like to have a good time, and like I’ve said before, they really just work when it suits them... You could really find something to do any night of the week, but my friends and I have decided that just on Monday’s, Wednesdays and Fridays are we going out. Mondays have really been a thing since we got here. Every Monday, the pub next door to our apartment building, has good specials and after 10 pm they have a really good DJ. It doesn’t get too wild, seeing as its a Monday, but it is still a good time. A great way every week for everyone to get together and see each other. Last night was particularly fun however, the Irish threw a house party. During my stay here, I have become great friends with a group of Irish people, who are amazing. I know what you’re thinking... he’s traveled halfway round the world to be best friends with the Irish? Where are the Australians?... a question I have frequently asked myself. Being in the city its hard to meet a lot of locals, because they go home. Living in an apartment building with a bunch of International students makes it a lot easier to make for friends from Germany, the UK, and for me... Ireland, but I digress. Anyway, so the Irish had a big house party and we all had to dress up in something orange, green, or white, (the colours of their flag) or all three. When I heard dress up, and that there would be a prize for best costume, I was bound and determined to win it. So Claire and I headed off to savers, which is like Goodwill here. I had a rough idea of what I wanted, but what I found was gold! I walked out of that store with orange polyester pants, a 1960’s plaid green wool suit jacket and green stockings all for $15. So I turned the pants into shorts and put the green stockings on under them. I wore a white collared shirt and the green over coat with black dress shoes. I looked completely outrageous, but it was a pretty freaking awesome costume. So we head out and get to the party. The walk down the road was hysterical, everyone looking at me, but when we get there, needless to say, I was more Irish than the Irish. So, by the end of the night, I was chosen winner by the masses and collected my prize of Irish goods. It was a fun night had by all!
With it being mid semester and spring time for that matter, our spring break is coming up next week. We get two weeks off, Sept 20-Oct. 3. I am pretty stoked about it too, because me and a couple of friends are going to New Zealand. After much research and finding a bunch of different tours, we decided to just road trip it. We have rented a car from Christchurch, NZ and are touring the South Island, then hopping a ferry and Touring the North Island. It has turned out to be the best way to see the most for the least amount of money... and being the tight, cheap person that I am, I am even more excited. We have booked our flights and our hostels, as well as the car, which by the way is a sleek 2002 Nissan Sunny, which looks like it jumped straight out of the 80’s.... I think, due to its stunner looks, could be the reason it had “model year 2002” in big letters right under the picture, because at first I was like “I don’t care how much more I have to pay, I am NOT getting in that thing.” Then I looked at the year and more pictures, and although it isn’t the nicest looking car, it will do its job well, and it gets good gas mileage. Needless to say, I can not wait for this trip to get here. And for those of you who may be saying, “why is he going to New Zealand when he’s in Australia” I have three things to say.... Just google New Zealand and you will see how amazingly beautiful it is, Lord of the Rings (need I say more), and I have a trip planned to Sydney for mid October. :D
Besides the whirlwind of activity that has been the past few weeks, there isn’t much else new. The weather has been nicer lately, but the rain showers have been more frequent. The other day, I was walking back from class and was excited to see the sun... I even took off my jacket, because it had really warmed up. I got back to my place and dropped all my stuff. I then went to open up the balcony doors to let in the fresh spring air and much to my surprise, slash not really surprised anymore, it was POURING rain. Rain which only lasted ten minutes and the sun came out, but still... really?! It is not uncommon for it to do that 3-4 times in one day. Again, the weather here is on crack! I have also come to find out that it is the wettest and coldest it has been here in like 20 years, which naturally is my luck. I couldn’t have gotten here when it was Hot and in Drought? I am just thankful that the weather is starting to warm up now.
Other than all of that, I am just trudging along. Trying not to blink, because another day goes by. I know that I will be ready to go home come November, but for now I am just trying to cherish every day! Hope all is well with all of my readers! Until next time... no worries!
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