http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Kersh/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Kersh en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:35:07 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:35:07 +0000 Classes are over. Study break begins tomorrow. I survived the last 3 weeks of lab write ups essays grading tests and papers. Now I take a short break tonight to talk with Natalie then move on to art history studies tomorrow and Sunday. Nothing too exciting the weather has gone sour so it makes studying a bit easier to do rather than soaking up the rays at the beach...granted I guess you could http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-337911.html first day of break...spent most of it studying and preparing my art history essay...took a few breaks to socialize and dink around with other people who were on break...nothing too exciting http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-326111.html Dear allI sadly quit writing my blog on a daily basis...the internet connection here was horrible and on more than on occasion I lost all my work due to poor connections.I have however...been writing in my journal on a daily basis and plan on updating my travel blog once the internet connection is better...AKA back home in the states or at someone's houseI'm having a blast...I'm enjoying my time http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-317089.html i have finally finished my exams which means that I can get back to the fun things in life...including updating this over the next few weeks...probably most when I return from Aussie sorry for such a long delay plans tonight include socializing with the remaining people of grafton hall with some adult beverages....day of recovery tomorrow then off to aussie the day after http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-292606.html no breakfast this morning. slept in til about 1030 then packed for the coromandel. managed to get locked out of my room in nothing but my towel. got lucky in calling around for Emma and she came back and let me in. Chris gave me a ride to the airport to meet Bruce. the drive was nice minus some serious traffic through Thames. got dinner at the Pepper tree Restaurant which I recommend to anyone w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275345.html breakfast this morning at 8am then off to my anthro lecture. booked it to my inverts lab and dissected molluscs with Sarah. felt kind of bad for the little guys as they were still pretty much alive but I managed to get over it. we walked back from lab to make it back in time for lunch. hung out in the lounge and watched the end of Scary Movie 4. met Steve at lunch and we hung out until it was tim http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275341.html breakfast this morning at 8am then back to sleep for about an hour then off to anthro tutorial. between classes I managed to fill out about 4 scholarships through Fast Web in the basement of the bio building. went to late lectures then came back home http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275339.html breakfast today was a little late as Stine and I were both getting some last minute necessities for the day. went to anthro lecture and turned in my essay then went to STA travel company and booked all my required flights and plans for Australia. 8 days in Tasmania before I meet up with Kris in Sydney. went to late lectures and got to hold a spider in my inverts class so cool http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275338.html spent the entire day working on my ecology assignment then fixing my anthro essay as I had had a few people edit it for me...stayed up later than usual to finish everything but all is complete. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275336.html no breakfast this morning slept in and it felt amazing. got up before lunch and started working on my ecology assignment. took a few breaks to talk with people about the party. finished all the graphs required to discuss in the paper about 20 total then took a break to go see Iron Man with Steve and Paul. such a great movie came back and went to bed http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275334.html breakfast this morning at 8am with Stine then spent the day working on my essay and completed it got ready for the party...lab coat nice undershirt fake glasses and my FBI lanyard. I got confused a lot with a Doctor but in my heart I knew what I was. danced the night away with Sarah Stevie and Stine. Stine got some great pictures. ended up talking with Paul for a good portion of the evening.. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275326.html no breakfast this morning slept in then got up to work on my essay. went to my late lectures and came back to work on my essay. treated myself to a break to see Lars and the Real Girl with Stine Chris Katie Hairia and Helen. we all crammed into one car to make it to this flash cinema. got turned away as we found out that you have to make bookings. drove to another cinema and made it in time http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275325.html no breakfast this morning. spent the whole day working on my essay assignment and came awfully close to finishing. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275322.html breakfast this morning then off to anthro tutorial. studied between classes and attempted to figure out what was going on back home at OSU with the tuition and insurance. went back home after my late lectures and worked on my assignment. pretty boring day http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275321.html back to reality. ate breakfast went to lectures worked on school work and began the steps for traveling to Australia with Kris http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-275317.html breakfast at about 920. got to eat the wonderful Muesli Emma's parents buy and enjoy some fresh fruit. got ready to leave and helped clean up the house. drove back a different route through Hobbiton the area they used to film more of Lord of the Rings otherwise known as Matamata. we made it back to Auckland safely thanks to Paul's driving. we dropped off all our stuff then Paul and I made a r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Rotorua/blog-275313.html woke up at about 830 am as we had to check out by 10am. packed the remainder of our stuff and set off for Taupo. we were all a little sore but managed to function. got in the car and drove for about and hour and a half...well actually Paul drove but still. decided to stretch our legs around the town and take a browse at the local shops. found out where are our spa resort was located so that way w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Taupo/blog-275309.html breakfast early this morning at about 645 as we didnt want to miss the bus that left at 715 for the park. the bus ride was cold but it woke everyone up which was probably a good thing. the day was perfect for hiking nice and clear with no clouds in the sky. it was a little chilly but we all got warm walking. got some nice pictures with Mt. Doom and mordor from Lord of the Rings. the inclines g http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Tongariro-National-Park/blog-273362.html breakfast this morning at 8am then back to bed for about 2 hours. walked down to Uni to turn in my biometry assignment and send off a package home. came back and finished packing for Tongariro. Later I went with Paul to pick up the rental car he does really well with taking directions so it should be pretty easy assuming I know where we're going. left Auckland a little later then we were expecti http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Tongariro-National-Park/blog-270392.html breakfast this morning at 815am then off to anthro lecture. went straight from there to my inverts lab we were dissecting lug worms. I felt kind of sad as our worm was still really really alive and they had told us that they weren't going to feel anything....but Sara and I managed to truck on through. we also had a photographer come in to get some shots of student working in the labs Sara and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-270391.html