Although I've only been in New Zealand for two weeks, it seems as if I've been here for much longer. I spent the first week and a half getting to know the area and doing a little exploring. This past weekend I spent the weekend with two friends in Kaikoura. It's a town about two and a half hours away from Christchurch (where my school is). It was such a beautiful town and remindng me quite a bit of home. On our first day there we went on a hike that took us through the town and up into the mountains surrounding it. The hike gave us beautiful views of the ocean and the town. On the second day we spent most of the day lying on the beach and enjoying the sun. While the ocean was beautiful and clear, it definitely wasn't the same pacific ocean we swim in Hawai'i. It was much much COLDER!!! However, nonetheless it was an amazing weekend! The picture above is one of the views from the hike.
These pictures are for my family who wanted to see some pictures of my campus. These are just a FEW of the buildings. The campus isn't actually as big as I thought it would be. The campus is just built in a way where there are tons of buildings in a small amount of space. It is definitely much bigger than I'm used to at Willamette though. The third picture is of our main library (that's right there is more than one library) that has 11 floors!
