I thought it'd be nice to take a bit of a break from my History assignment to write for you lovely people. Especially because I am extremely slack with my emailing, which is terrible.
The day today is Thursday the 15th of April, and unfortunately the first set of school holidays are coming to a rapid end. I've been very busy with work and school assignments, that I've barely had time to rest. But I did find some time on Monday to practice my tourist skills by going to the city with my brilliant friend Malaika.
We went adventuring. We started planning nothing, and ended up doing a lot.
The most exciting event would have to be going up the Auckland Sky Tower. I always knew it was the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, but I didn't know it was taller than the Eiffle Tower in Paris.
On our adventure, apart from seeing 360° of Auckland, we also walked all the way up Queen Street. Although now it doesn't seem like much, on a moderately sunny day I believe the 3 kilometer hike up to the top of it is quite good exercise. We also took a stroll down Karangahape road and visited a few cute looks shops including some Op-Shops which had items for sale at about the same price as normal retail clothing, (I guess that's what you get for trying to be touristy, you still have to pay normal tourist prices) and then we went back down Queen Street.It was a very lovely day, where we got to experience the joys of public transport, and fortunately everything went right. I like to think of it as tourist practice for when I'm away, because I suppose I'll do a pinch of touristy things. Maybe not.
Other than that, I've heard nothing else from my dear exchange company, not merely a word. That is, except for information on a Cultural Camp I can choose to attend. It starts on July the 21st, it's quite expensive for 10 days, but I bet it'd be good.
That's all for now,
Keep being wonderful :)
