Sorry it has been so long since I’ve written a post! It has been a month since mid-semester break, but I’ve had a lot of fun adventures and a lot of homework to go along with them. Three weekends ago (September 10th and 11th I think…), some friends and I took a trip down to Lake Tekapo, which is west of Lincoln. We stayed at a holiday park in little cabins right next to the lake. We had a bonfire on the beach and stayed up way to late Friday night, but had tons of fun. The next day, we hiked and stopped at a little café at the summit where some of our group learned how to do a Haka (Haka is a traditional Maori war dance). We also stopped at Lake Pukaki before heading home. The lake is absolutely gorgeous and very, very cold! The next couple of weeks were pretty laid back. I mostly just did homework and enjoyed the weather. I’ve been playing Ultimate again with some people from Lincoln. Now that the weather has gotten nicer, we’ve been able to get more people out to play with us, so we can play actual games rather than just toss a disc around. It’s been really fun finding people interested in Ultimate (it’s not very popular in this part of NZ).
Last weekend, a big group of international students took a trip down to Queenstown! We stayed a a funky little hostel called Bungi Backpackers. The car I was in got in really late Friday night and joined up with the rest of the group. Friday night, we all went out on the town and had a really fun time. The best part, in my opinion, was listening to a street musician for about half an hour. He was an amazing guitarist, and we were all singing and dancing along with him. It was so much fun! On Saturday, several of us went on a hike up Queenstown Hill while the rest were bungy-jumping or swing on the Nevis Swing. The hike was really steep, but the view was well worth it. And on Sunday, we hung out in the harbor, enjoying the sun and relaxing. On the way home, we stopped at Lake Wanaka to check out the tree in the lake. All in all, it was a great weekend, and now it’s back to the real world and writing essays.
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