friday july 26 neille and i made our way to christchurch, new zealand.
we left around 11:30 in the morning and rode a train to sydney. dean came with us so we wouldn't get lost and to help us with all of our stuff that we had.
we got on the plane, and the plane was a hour late because of there was some new staff members, so they had a delay. we got into christchurch around 1 am, and we got a hostel for a night. this hostel was amazing! they had electric blankets, we did not want to leave. the next 2 nights we stayed at the kiwi house. this was a pretty nice hostel, at 16 bucks a night-anything is awesome.
we walked around christchurch for the first full day and got gifts for people and just relaxed. this trip to new zealand is technically our vacation-so we don't mind that we just walk around and look around the town. plus it is freezing cold outside. it is about -4 degrees celsius-which is about 30 degrees and lower back home.
the next day, we met a girl from london named laura. we showed her around the town and we helped her get settled into the hostel. she's a sweet girl and she is going to be coming to l.a. in august. so hopefully i can see her then.
the next day, neille and i got into a bus at 8 am and we started our all day bus ride to queenstown from christchurch. on our way there we saw a lot of sheep and cattle farms and even a few red deer farms. we also saw a lot of snow-we were able to escape most of it being indoors and in the bus. we got stopped on the road because we had to put chains on the bus and that delayed us for about a half a hour. but we eventually got to queenstown and we got safe and warm inside and we found our nice hotel. the hotel is a little ways away from the town, but it has a spa and a bowling alley and that brings you to where we are right now. you are all now officially updated on what is going on in my life.
now for me, most of you have probably wondered what is going on with me personally. long story short-i'm pretty home sick. dean was very helpful with my not being so sad about missing home and such, but i still miss it. i miss my home and i miss my family and i miss my friends. i think most importantly, i miss myke-i miss that boy who makes me so extremely happy. i actually get to see him for a few days a week after i get home and for that i am truly truly thankful for.
i will be writing when i can-we were just able to get internet for a day while we were at this hotel.
thanks to all those who read. i'll be home in about 9 days. love you all.
love, allison
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
school is out..let the adventures begin
it is official. i'm done with school at the university of newcastle.
yes, i'm writing this a while after, but it was exciting when i was done. since that time, i hung out with my new friend dean. dean was a guy that was in my theatre craft class and who gave me rides home to save bus rides.
i've had dinner at dean's house, his mom makes the best meat pies. and dean and i have seen the new terminator, transformers, night at the museum 2, and the hangover. one of my first big adventures when school was done was seeing dean's play-something like lost, something like found. it was an interesting play that was revolved around mental disorders. not only was he in it, but a few other friends that i had met were in it as well, one of them being a girl named tracy. i went and saw it twice-once for free and the other time because i wanted to go support the theatre company he and tracy were a part of.
we also have gone on adventures to the rock wall, which is on the coast of newcastle where the oil ships come in. they were pretty cool. we also went to singleton, to see our friend mitchell, who also was in theatre craft, in the play beauty and the beast-playing gaston.
we went on a lot of different small adventures. one was back to sydney to go to hillsong church. that was a fun adventure to see this famous church in action. seeing that church reminded me a lot of how much i miss my church and how excited i am to go home.
dean, along with tracy, is hoping to come to california next june until about december. i hope to show them around california and show them around and show them my home like they did with me.
yes, i'm writing this a while after, but it was exciting when i was done. since that time, i hung out with my new friend dean. dean was a guy that was in my theatre craft class and who gave me rides home to save bus rides.
i've had dinner at dean's house, his mom makes the best meat pies. and dean and i have seen the new terminator, transformers, night at the museum 2, and the hangover. one of my first big adventures when school was done was seeing dean's play-something like lost, something like found. it was an interesting play that was revolved around mental disorders. not only was he in it, but a few other friends that i had met were in it as well, one of them being a girl named tracy. i went and saw it twice-once for free and the other time because i wanted to go support the theatre company he and tracy were a part of.
we also have gone on adventures to the rock wall, which is on the coast of newcastle where the oil ships come in. they were pretty cool. we also went to singleton, to see our friend mitchell, who also was in theatre craft, in the play beauty and the beast-playing gaston.
we went on a lot of different small adventures. one was back to sydney to go to hillsong church. that was a fun adventure to see this famous church in action. seeing that church reminded me a lot of how much i miss my church and how excited i am to go home.
dean, along with tracy, is hoping to come to california next june until about december. i hope to show them around california and show them around and show them my home like they did with me.
mom and dad visit!!
i'm so sorry that i have not been blogging-it's been really busy with school ending and all of that stuff happening.
but the biggest news was that mom and dad came to visit. they were more excited then i was to have people come visit. they got to see a new country that neither of them had been to.
they arrived in newcastle late at night, they were staying at a B&B while i was at school for the rest of the week. while i was at school, mom and dad went to hunter valley on a winery tour. after that they had a day in newcastle. the day after that, i left my class early to go to sydney for the weekend. i was very excited since it would be the first time i was able to spend a long time in sydney.
mom, dad, and i got on the train to sydney, which is about 2 hours. while on the train my mom read up on sydney and dad helped me with my paper that was due the next week.
we got to the hotel and we walked around sydney for a little bit. we went up into the sky tower, which is basically a bird's eye view of sydney and it was beautiful!
the next day we went to the sydney aquarium, we walked around and saw a lot of cool looking fish and other cool animals like penguins.
that night, my parents took me to the one place that i've wanted to go for the past 9 years, that is ever since i saw the sydney olympics: the sydney opera house. it has been my dream to see that place, and when we got there i was like a little kid in a candy shop. i couldn't stop smiling and taking pictures of what i think is one of the most beautiful places in the world. we went on a backstage tour and it was so much fun to see all the different stages and backstage.
the nice thing about mom and dad visiting-besides me missing them less, was having them pay for me. things here are a lot more expensive then i expected here, so money has been tight-but so is the rest of the world, so what do i have to complain about.
anyway, thanks for reading and i'm sorry for being so horrible at all of this blogging business. hope all is well.
love, allsion
but the biggest news was that mom and dad came to visit. they were more excited then i was to have people come visit. they got to see a new country that neither of them had been to.
they arrived in newcastle late at night, they were staying at a B&B while i was at school for the rest of the week. while i was at school, mom and dad went to hunter valley on a winery tour. after that they had a day in newcastle. the day after that, i left my class early to go to sydney for the weekend. i was very excited since it would be the first time i was able to spend a long time in sydney.
mom, dad, and i got on the train to sydney, which is about 2 hours. while on the train my mom read up on sydney and dad helped me with my paper that was due the next week.
we got to the hotel and we walked around sydney for a little bit. we went up into the sky tower, which is basically a bird's eye view of sydney and it was beautiful!
the next day we went to the sydney aquarium, we walked around and saw a lot of cool looking fish and other cool animals like penguins.
that night, my parents took me to the one place that i've wanted to go for the past 9 years, that is ever since i saw the sydney olympics: the sydney opera house. it has been my dream to see that place, and when we got there i was like a little kid in a candy shop. i couldn't stop smiling and taking pictures of what i think is one of the most beautiful places in the world. we went on a backstage tour and it was so much fun to see all the different stages and backstage.
the nice thing about mom and dad visiting-besides me missing them less, was having them pay for me. things here are a lot more expensive then i expected here, so money has been tight-but so is the rest of the world, so what do i have to complain about.
anyway, thanks for reading and i'm sorry for being so horrible at all of this blogging business. hope all is well.
love, allsion
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