A Scarfie Weekend

Scarfie is the nickname universally given to Otago students because of how cold it gets down there in the wintertime- lots of scarves. So yes I was hanging out with quite a few Scarfies this weekend! My friend Allie was gracious enough to let Nick and I stay with her for 2 nights and she showed us around the city- which was kind of nice after living in a town where the grocery store closes at 9 and if you're hungry/ want to go grocery shopping after 9 then that's just unlucky for you.
Woops ok so getting there on Friday. Way easier than I anticipated it to be! We took a bus to Hornby, which is the closest city-esque place to us. So 20 minutes on that bus and then we were out on the road standing with our saweet home-made (hmm spelling on that?) sign to Dunedin. The picture below is from Sunday on the way back, but you get the idea.
So anywho we got there Friday after only 2 rides (Dunedin's about 5 hoursish from Christchurch/Lincoln) and met both of them were ladies. Well, one was a girl about our age and she invited us to go wine tasting with her this weekend and the other was a lady- but both awesome people. Met up with Allie, dropped off our stuff and went out for some delicious Asian food right down the street from her. By the time we were done with that it was about 9 o clock so we got ready to go and then we hit the town! Dancing to the kiwi version of American pop songs is definitely not something I will tire of anytime soon. Also, I can now openly sing the 'Party in the USA' song without getting dirty looks from everyone else in the room- even though they all know the words and just wish they were cool enough to sing them with me. Representin the states and Miley well!

Saturday morning was a late start, but after a delicious breakfast we went out to explore in the daytime too. Saw some of Otago's campus, other pretty parts of Dunedin, and toured the Speights brewery! It was a gorgeous day, as you can tell from the picture of Dunedin's train station. We keep getting so lucky with the weather! (Sorry for all you winter folk back in the states!).






Sunday morning we had to go out for breakfast again- it was just too good to pass up! Left to find a pick-up spot about 2, found one at 2:20, and were on our way back to Christchurch at 2:30! Found a guy that took us all the way there in one stop AND stopped at these tourist attractions called the Moeraki boulders. Aaand yeah- they were pretty darn round! Not sure if there was much else to say except that I wanted to jump in the water. It is all so pretty and inviting when it's not a windy day.

And now I'm back in Lincoln! Had first meeting of "Food Appreciation Club" last night and must say that New Zealand's fake veggie sausages are a delight! Keeping up with the vegetarian thing isn't an issue at all here I've met quite a few of veggies in addition to myself. Looking forward to our first Field Trip day on Friday, unfortunately I can't make it a 3 day weekend because I actually do have a field trip to attend but it's in Christchurch so it should be fun.

Cheers to all!