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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington July 4th 2005

4th of July and my first day of school. The popular joke of the day was telling other Americans that there would be a fireworks show on the beach... haha. All my classes seem to be interesting. I am most excited about my 2 Maori classes. Music class is alright, Psyc is kinda boring..... its in a huge lecture hall, there are enough of those in Boulder. McKenzies is not too bad. Most of the people are friendly, lots of fun Kiwis and a surprising amount of asians. The ra's are pretty cool. I dont think anything is gonna happen for 4th of July...... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington July 3rd 2005

Some quicknotes before I get started: NZ pizza is really good, even Dominoes and Pizza hut. I normally hate that stuff but the sauce isn't the same at all. Since made with NZ tomatoes, its much much sweeter, similar to barbeque sauce. - TV isn't censored and commercials are HILARIOUS...very sexual though. - age is really hard to judge here. almost everyone is either really attractive or at least interesting enough, and all look young. - there's a 3 to 1 girl to guy ratio. I'm in an epidemic of supermodels here. God help me...I may never come back ;-) Blah. Haven't done much today. Last night was the big All Blacks match, and almost everyone celebrated a bit too hard. They won of course :-) I wish I had pictures to show everyone...these people are ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington July 2nd 2005

The second test was tonight. The game was hyped up because it was in Wellington and all of us (AustraLearn students) had just arrived in Wellington recently. I bought the newspaper the day before and there was a huge 16 page booklet just about the game. It was all the city cared about. People were walking around with All Blacks posters, clothing, etc. Even businesses were writing go all blacks on their windows and signs. Billboards hyping up the game were seen everywhere. Parts of Downtown streets were even closed off. There was a huge block party (3 blocks) on Courtney Place, where all the big bars are located. Thousands of people roamed in the streets, drinking and axiously waiting to watch the test. I walked downtown with two friends, Angela and Amy. We watched ... read more
All Blacks!
AB Shirt
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 29th 2005

In Wellington and all is well. I don't even want to talk about the flights...air new zealand is actually really great, but so many hours in the air is miserable. tip: don't eat wolfgang puck's bbq chicken pizza if you're about to board a 14 hour flight and plan on being polite with your wind. I think there were a few people beside me praying for a crash by the end (sorry!). This is only the second day in NZ and there's already so much to write about. The stopover in Fiji was unreallllllll. Got there at 3 AM and had a taxi driver take us to a beach. He was extremely kind, as was everyone else, and wound up staying with us for 7 or 8 hours acting as a guide. Really made a lot ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 28th 2005

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 ... read more
Bus drive
Drive to Waitomo
waitomo drive

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 23rd 2005

We went to the Lions v. Wellington game last Wednesday. Such a disappointment as a game after looking forward to it for so long but we enjoyed the party atmosphere in the city before and after the game. The weather was classic Wellington winter - cold and wet with a parky blustery southerly - but luckily the wind was blowing the rain away from us so we stayed dry if a bit cold. Wellington not showing itself at its best for the visitors, unfortunately. The locals were giving the Lions team plenty of abuse for being crap but, amusingly, it was the English players that were getting the most abuse!! I don't think there were any Scottish players in the team so at least they were safe. Few of the locals give the Lions much of ... read more
Enjoying a tipple pre-game
The Barmy Army?
The teams line up

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 22nd 2005

With just a couple of days to go till the beginning of my crazy trip all by my self I must get every thing ready to go! have a look in photos to witness the 8th wonder of the world in my own home town (why the need for travel)the great pyramid of washing. planning is lame ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 19th 2005

Wow, the last time I wrote anything was a while ago. We have gone to so many places and done so many things since then that it's hard for me to remember everything, but I will do my best. We got back to Auckland for the rugby match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Fiji. It was a neat experience since I have never been to a rugby game, but the game itself could have been better. There's a picture of the scoreboard at the end of the game. Right now there is a sporting event going on called the Lions Tour which is a big deal down here. About like the Super Bowl, World Series, or bowl games. People are fanatic about rugby down here. We are slowly becoming huge fans of this sport, ... read more
scoreboard
cathedral
Falls

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington June 14th 2005

Hello, all - sorry that the blogs have been scarcer than a Scottish player in the Lions team but it took a couple of weeks after our stuff arrived off the ship for us to get broadband up and running at home. But, we’ve made it and I can once again feed my addiction - the Foo Fighters new album is downloading as I write! Since the last blog we’ve been trying to fill our new place with furniture (properties to rent here are generally unfurnished) and we’ve done pretty well. We were lucky in that our moving into the flat coincided nicely with sales at the major furniture stores - cashback! We have a bed to sleep on with a sensationally comfortable mattress, a big chest of drawers (still not big enough, of course), 2 ... read more
Where we live....
That's MY pressie...give it back!
The view from Angus's desk!

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington May 18th 2005

Just a quickie to pass on our new address and phone number - it's easier just stick it on here rather than try to work out who would be interested! Address: 9/28 Hobson Street Thorndon Wellington 6001 New Zealand Phone No: 0064 4 472 4271 Some snaps of the new pad will follow once we have our computer back - I'm doing this 1st thing at work so I have to be swift! Cheers!... read more




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