-Katie got into the bar using my passport, right after I walked in
-Flatmate, Ditte, did the soundboard for a play about quantum physics, murder, and love
-lots of rain...22 out of 24 days were wet ones
-learned how to make amazing vegetarian chili
-Capping Show, a sketch comedy about life in Dunedin and at the University. Highlights include men in thongs, songs about drunken teens (instead of dancing queen), and lots of nudity. Hope College would not let that go on, that's for sure!!
-Kiwi friend, Jack's choir concert
-explored the art museum finally
-wine at the park with Holly when the sun decided to finally shine
-"The Office" drinking game...everyone should try this
Last weekend was a long one thanks to the Queen's birthday, so we rented a van and piled eleven of us in!! It, um, definitely wasn't a new van, you could say that...someone had ripped the speakers out so Alex brought his laptop to play music from, which of course didn't last that long. Ha! We stopped at the boulders in Moeraki, and a few random look-outs on the side of the road. It was a long drive, but we got to Arthur's Pass in the evening and checked into the hostel for a night. The next morning we hiked to the Devil's Punchbowl, which is this really big waterfall. We had fun climbing on the rocks and got up close to it, which of course soaked us. After that little jaunt we went to Temple Basin which we found out is a mini ski resort!! The mountains have snow now and we played in it for a bit before eating our lunches. There were people we met that were planning to sleep in the lodge and ski the next morning...although I think they are pushing it since the snow isn't that deep and what's there seems to be ice. Either way, the views were great and we took sooo many pictures (mostly because of Marta, the Spaniard, who's a bit over-obsessive). The weather was absolutely perfect.
We continued driving toward the west coast and stopped off at a beach to watch the sunset over the Tasman Sea. Eventually we made it to Franz Josef Village where we stayed for the night at a really great hostel that had a sauna. Sunday, part of the group did a guided day-hike on the Fox Glacier and the rest of us hiked to the base of the Franz Josef Glacier. There were markers to tell us where the glacier was 150 years ago and it's crazy how much it's retreated since then! We walked past the barriers to climb on the ice and had time to take a few photos before we heard some crumbling and decided it was a good idea to avoid avalanches. There were waterfalls there also and sweet moss-covered rocks that I had fun photographing. After that little jaunt we checked out the Fox Glacier and picked the others up to get back in Peggy Sue once again.
Then we headed down to Queenstown, even though we've all been there, because they have Derrick's favorite burger joint there and this is his last week in NZ already. 10 of us stuffed into a 6 person room for the night and we just walked around and shopped most of the day Monday. The Remarkables (mountains overlooking Qtown) are still remarkable. No photos this time, but they will be worth the wait =)
The Wings are still on fire......LET'S GO DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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