Sunday, January 30, 2011
Lazy Sunday
I went to the beach today with my host mom and sister. It was really nice, the water was actually fairly tolerable and the wind died down when we got there. Pictures to come soon. After we got back some of my host family's friends came over for dinner and I had a good time talking to them etc. I would post something longer but I'm really tired right now and I have to get up earlier tomorrow to go register for classes. More to come later, though, don't worry.
Friday, January 28, 2011
From LA to Blenheim
Hi all,
Well I'll start off by saying I really should have started this blog before I left, but due to the fact that I am a procrastinator I never got to it. That said, this is where I will share all my upcoming adventures in New Zealand.
So far, all I've really done is sit in a plane, which was fun and all but 13 hours is a LONG flight. The orientation in LA was cool because I got to meet all the other AFS kids going to New Zealand and everyone came from different states and different backgrounds - it was almost like an exchange within our own country. The 8 of us spent a few hours at LAX before we flew out, where we met Ke$ha and saw Will Smith's son (I forgot his name...). The flight was long but at the end Emily and I asked the flight attendants if we could sit in the crew seats to look out the window as we landed, to which they responded that the seats were not approved for landing but until the seatbelt sign came on we could. They then proceded to provide an awesome commentary as we flew over Auckland - three of the flight attendants were from New Zealand one from Australia (yes, there were 4 of them that came back to talk to eachother/us) - a good start to the trip.
We then split up after Auckland, all of us going to different places. I took two connecting flights from Auckland to Wellington and Wellington to Blenheim (the latter of which was a very small, bumpy flight), and finally landed in the Blenheim airport where I met my host parents and later my host sister. Blenheim, as we drove through it, is very beautiful and green, and there are a lot of vineyards. I have my own room currently. I tried on a uniform yesterday and we are ordering one of my own on Monday! School starts Wednesday - I am really excited but also very nervous because I've never been a new student before. It should be fun...
Missing everyone a lot but I'm excited for the next few months I'll spend here.
XOXO maggie
Well I'll start off by saying I really should have started this blog before I left, but due to the fact that I am a procrastinator I never got to it. That said, this is where I will share all my upcoming adventures in New Zealand.
So far, all I've really done is sit in a plane, which was fun and all but 13 hours is a LONG flight. The orientation in LA was cool because I got to meet all the other AFS kids going to New Zealand and everyone came from different states and different backgrounds - it was almost like an exchange within our own country. The 8 of us spent a few hours at LAX before we flew out, where we met Ke$ha and saw Will Smith's son (I forgot his name...). The flight was long but at the end Emily and I asked the flight attendants if we could sit in the crew seats to look out the window as we landed, to which they responded that the seats were not approved for landing but until the seatbelt sign came on we could. They then proceded to provide an awesome commentary as we flew over Auckland - three of the flight attendants were from New Zealand one from Australia (yes, there were 4 of them that came back to talk to eachother/us) - a good start to the trip.
We then split up after Auckland, all of us going to different places. I took two connecting flights from Auckland to Wellington and Wellington to Blenheim (the latter of which was a very small, bumpy flight), and finally landed in the Blenheim airport where I met my host parents and later my host sister. Blenheim, as we drove through it, is very beautiful and green, and there are a lot of vineyards. I have my own room currently. I tried on a uniform yesterday and we are ordering one of my own on Monday! School starts Wednesday - I am really excited but also very nervous because I've never been a new student before. It should be fun...
Missing everyone a lot but I'm excited for the next few months I'll spend here.
XOXO maggie
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