After a 41 hour journey around the world I am finally here. Not only am I no longer a virgin to airplanes and travel, I'd go as far as to say I'm a pro after making pretty much the most gnarly trip imaginable.
I got here yesterday at around 4:00pm and immediately ran into a fellow New Paltz study abroader and we went to New World, the grocery store. I was too frazzled to actually know what I needed at the time, so I've been living off peanut butter and nutella sandwiches and "Crunchy Nut" cereal. Yes Mom, I ate a few peaches too.
Today we walked to The Warehouse, which is I guess the NZ equivalent of Walmart. The whole way there I just couldn't stop professing my love for Wellington and for New Zealand. I love it I love it I love it... and I've barely seen any of it yet! The weather is beautiful, the set up is amazing, the air is nice, everything is great. I've never been in such a big city that felt so relaxed. Even though there is a lot going on nothing seems to rushed or loud. I guess you could say it's my ideal city. I'm so lucky to have ended up here.
The walk home from the Warehouse was a lot less enjoyable since we were carrying heavy bags and awkward shaped objects that poked into my arms and body and cut off my circulation the whole way home. Plus the previously perfect weather seemed a bit too hot once I was carrying armfuls of items up huge hills. We made it back though and I set up my room more officially. Then skyped the boyfriend (which isn't too easy with the bad internet connection I have) and took a nap that could have ended in a full nights sleep until tomorrow morning if I didn't already have plans to eat and get drinks with a few of my friends.
It ended up just being Alexis and I, though. We went to Cuba street which seems to be where it's at here in Wellington. It's a street closed off to traffic, with lots of restaurants, bars, and shops. It reminds me a lot of Burlington, VT. We went to a place called J.J. Murphy and Co. and had BLT sandwiches and pints of hard cider. The sandwiches came open faced without another piece of bread to close them with, and we thought maybe we were being played a joke on. We ate them with forks and knives and laughed it off.
Tomorrow is orientation for undergrads. I still haven't been to campus so I'm excited for that. Off to bed I go in my new bedding!
Alex!! i'm definitely going to keep checking this. Have an amazing time, girl! Enjoy it
ReplyDeleteCool Alex, I love the blog! It'll be nice to be able to get more info on what you are up to with this. I hope orientation was fun. I'll be anxious to hear about the campus and your classes and everything. How far away is the campus? Are you getting there by bus, or do you walk?
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