Photos...Finally!!

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Wednesday June 29th 2005 3:22 pm. Welly NZ
Hey everyone!!

I have finally found an internet cafe in Wellington. man! this city is AMAZING. I mean, I may never come home. its nuts. I'm in love with Welly NZ. here are my pics I promised... and if you want a video of zorbing. I'll email that out as well (I don’t think I can post them here).

I'll just post them here and you can read the captions.

As of yesterday and today's happenings:

Yesterday we flew from Rotorua to Wellington. It was a one hour flight in a TINY prop aero plane (like my NZ spelling ;) haha) The views were incredible!! I have great news too, all of us AustraLearn kids were just walking around the plane talking to the pilots, (kiwis are SO laid back haha) and I was lucky enough to be invited to sit in the cockpit with the pilots while landing!! IT WAS CRAZY> everyone was SO jealous of me. The stewardess asked me and I of course jumped on it- then she gave me a seat in the cockpit and a set of headphones and a mike and shut the door. I talked to the Air control tower and said in an official voice “This is flight 589 asking permission to land...blah blah..." Pilot Dave and Co-Pilot Mason were hilarious- they kept me laughing and helped me point out all the peaks and rivers of the North Island. The views were so beautiful I could see all the way across the country from the east to west coast and all the way to the South Island in the horizon. It was by far the most amazing entry and welcome to Wellington I could ever ask for. I STILL can’t believe it!!!

I have video of the land too-ill email those as well.

I got to my flat yesterday and I could not tell you (ill take some photos and post them soon, showing is always better) how gorgeous the views are. We are on a huge STEEEEEEEEEP hill facing the harbour and overlooking the city. I can’t believe where I live. I have three roommates, Christian a German guy, Liz a Kiwi, and Chris a Canadian. I haven’t met Chris though. but last night Christian and his girlfriend Nicole made me a German dinner of potatoes and cauliflower and beef strogenhoofershoot or something in German, and we all watched a rugby match on the tele. :) Even better- my Resident director Allison made me a kiwi pavlova dessert that was so tasty. Yum!

They have treated me right, I love the Kiwi's!!!

Last night: we (my friend Rachel in AustraLearn and a few guys) went downtown to Cuba st. and Courtney place to check out the 'scene'- we played darts at the English pub and had a drink at the Flaming burrito bar/cafe. Welly is great- I love the city!!

T0day: we all had international student orientation -boring sessions on how to enroll for class, - which I can’t do until tomorrow. MAN_ I just want to get settled in school!! But it’ll come soon enough then that means heaps of work too.

SO- that brings you up-to-date! Check out the pics by clicking on them and scrolling through. I love and miss you guys- 'see' you soon-

Love, shell

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