No, your eyes do not deceive you! I am enjoying ice cream in winter. I know my mom won't have a problem understanding this concept! Am I right?! ;) Apparently Hokey Pokey ice cream is a New Zealand only flavor. It's basically a plain vanilla ice cream with honeycomb toffee pieces. Which after a salty meal of fish and chips at Fish Hook, it was just perfect. While I am not a huge fan of seafood, I figured fish and chips would be better here near the coast than back at home in landlocked Colorado. And let me say, it was pretty darn good. And being the 4th of July (my camo baseball cap was about as patriotic as I got today), that was as un-American of a meal as I could get. Since it is that special day at home, I had originally planned on going to a bar or something and have a celebratory beer. It's not like I'd be the only American in town doing that. But by the time we had finished dinner, I was fairly full and content. I figured I am here until November. It's not like I won't have time to go out. I gain a few more friends whom I can trust and then go out in a big group instead. I've learned I need to have a decent amount of trust in a person before I can go out drinking with them. I guess it's not a bad trait to have. So if I ever go out drinking with you, you know I can trust you!
In other news, today Hira, Alyssa and I officially booked our first New Zealand trip. This Sunday, we are taking the Taieri Gorge Railway that will take us an hour inland to Middlemarch with a few stops along the way. Apparently the mountain range located in Middlemarch was featured in the film The Hobbit. So I can only imagine how gorgeous it will be. But don't worry, I will definitely be posting pictures of that! Hira and I are going to try to watch as much Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films as we can before exploring places featured in them (You're welcome Cory!) We both have not seen any of them. However, that is a lot of movie watching to do in just a few days, so we will see how far we actually get. Even though I am not terribly interested in the films, I figure it would gives us at least a better appreciation of the sites when we do go visit them. But either way, I am excited to leave Dunedin and explore other parts of New Zealand! Classes start Monday so it's one last summer hoorah!
Oh and Happy Fourth of July to all my favorite people back in the good ole US of A! I will write again soon!
In other news, today Hira, Alyssa and I officially booked our first New Zealand trip. This Sunday, we are taking the Taieri Gorge Railway that will take us an hour inland to Middlemarch with a few stops along the way. Apparently the mountain range located in Middlemarch was featured in the film The Hobbit. So I can only imagine how gorgeous it will be. But don't worry, I will definitely be posting pictures of that! Hira and I are going to try to watch as much Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films as we can before exploring places featured in them (You're welcome Cory!) We both have not seen any of them. However, that is a lot of movie watching to do in just a few days, so we will see how far we actually get. Even though I am not terribly interested in the films, I figure it would gives us at least a better appreciation of the sites when we do go visit them. But either way, I am excited to leave Dunedin and explore other parts of New Zealand! Classes start Monday so it's one last summer hoorah!
Oh and Happy Fourth of July to all my favorite people back in the good ole US of A! I will write again soon!