The Windy City!

I arrived safely to Wellington! (as you already know because I’m typing this).  I got to my flat on Thursday (so Wednesday for you East-Coasters).  No one was here until Sunday.  I’m rooming with 4 other people (Charolette, Leigh, Olivia and Rosie) AND I’m on the very top floor of the apartments and this is my AWESOME view:

Colleen (the other girl from my group attending Massey Wellington) is 2 floors below me so were very close.  We actually missed Massey’s international student orientation because we were at the other orientation…so we came in late and awkward and all the other international students already knew each other so we felt a little left out and confused.  We also were the only ones who had NO class schedule so we had to spend extra time figuring that out.  After that we started talking to the other international kids.  We met some from the US, 2 German girls, 1 from Hong Kong, a guy from Finland, a guy from Norway and some other cool countries.

That night I went to a liquor store and DIDN’T buy my first legal drink because I forgot my passport.  So I paid and Colleen had to buy the wine I wanted for me.  Wine here is incredibly cheap.  $8 for the bottle I got (a small water bottle costs $5).  We then went back to our apartments and went to a gathering of other international students and eventually left to meet up with the Victoria University friends we made at orientation.  We went to a few bars, met some cool people and had a blast.  New Zealanders are very friendly and kind.  We met a ton of people who were all fun and not creepy what so ever. 

My flatmates started arriving early Sunday morning.  So far I’ve met Charlotte, Leigh, and Olivia.  There's one other girl whose flight was delayed because it is WINDY here.  They seem nice so I’m excited to get past the awkward stage and hopefully become friends.