so...new zealand so far!

This is my fourth day in new zealand. i have thus far spent three of them in auckland, which was amazing. its a big city...of course, with the big city feel: shopping, eateries, bars and such...And something like the space needle in Seattle called the Sky Tower. Walking around, I was a little bored, so i decided to jump off it. Something like base jumping, but with a wire...so wire jumping. It was AMAZING!! My body thought it was going to die, but my mind, knowing i was attached to the wire, calmed my body down, for the the 11 second free fall, i enjoyed the view. Preparation for the imminent sky dive :)
I have met alot of people here thus far...most of them from Germany. So I have learned some German which i will undoubtedly forget by the trip back home.
The weather has been pretty eh...cold...and sometimes wet. But my friend and I hiked, in Auckland, up Mt. Eden, which looks over all of the city. It was amazing. The city is simply sprawling. And GREEN GREEN GREEN! I was hoping to also see a Maori ceremony there as well, but I just missed it by 10 minutes :( no worries though, there are many others. It sounded fascinating though...we heard the drumming and chanting through the closed doors. But we did go to the Auckland museum, which kind of looks like the White House , and studied the amazing Maori carvings and artifacts. It is a truly incredible culture. Unfortunately, it is being forgotten, but New Zealand is doing all they can to aid in the protection and rehabilitation of the culture and language.
Today, I traveled two hours south to Hamilton. The ride on the bus was through undulating and sprawling green hills. Hamilton itself is VERY small, and honestly, not much to do here. I am hoping to go an hour west of here to Raglan, a beautiful coastal surfers town...with, so i'm told, very good looking surfers...here's to hoping :) heh
That is that thus far...but I will update my blog every few days!! Thanks for reading!! xoxo

I'm off on another whirlwind adventure

Just a minuscule blurb: I'm off to New Zealand today. It has been that one place i've ALWAYS wanted to go, and now i'm finally going! See...dreams DO come true :) Anyway, I'll be writing blogs periodically on my 7 week adventure. Hope you check in and check out what I'm doing and where i'm going...and be jealous. be verrrrrrrrrry jealous. I would be...if I were not myself. heh.

many x's and o's