Kia ora friends! This is the aloha of NZ. Can be used as: what's up, hey, thanks, please, hi, bye, wishing you good health, and blessings.
Today is my third in Christchurch. The first was such an exhausted blur that I can't remember what I did aside from grocery shop. Yesterday was more eventful with a trip to bridlepath hike, which brought me and two of my roommates to a spectacular Vista: on one side we witnessed a turquoise bay; on the other was the whole flat of christchurch, which is shouldered between mountains and ocean.
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| Top of Bridlepath trail. The trail system here seems incredibly accessible. |
It is dry here. Yesterday, listening to one of the albums I had on nearly constant repeat last fall in Taos brought me riiight back. (Album: To Be Still by Alela Diane)
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| Kind of like Taos, kind of not... as my good friend would say, "same same but different" |
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| Mullein- a plant that is not only familiar but a favorite! |
I'm glad to be living in a nice bluebird day today. Currently I am on the bus to the beach. Soundtrack: Animal Collective's ' super sparkly happy chill song What Would I Want? Sky.
How apt!
Today the international students (that's me!) were given a beautiful orientation. My favorite part was the petting zoo at the end. I got to hold a week and a half old sand colored goat named Rose. She fell asleep right in my arms. . It's a wonder I didn't melt right into the new zealand soil then and there!
(You can take a girl out of the farm but you can't take the farm out of the girl)
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| not NZ. Missing scenes like this one from Southern Colorado. |
Yesterday I was feeling the blues. Despite my really great, scenic adventure, I couldn't help but feel that this culture is a bit cold and regimented. Everywhere I looked were scowls and super serious faces. But today seems so much sunnier. Perhaps it's just like taos where when we get sun all is dandy, and we get so accustomed to our regular doses of vitamin D that when it's gone we are just a depressed, helpless bunch.
Nothing like a beach session to keep the doctor away.
÷Kia Ora÷
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