What Up Wellington!!

Sorry for the delay of posting. I know you have been sitting on the edge of your seat just waiting for my next blog post. Well relax toots here it is:

Adjusting to the Kiwi lifestyle was a breeze. I showed up at my host families house and they offered me a beer and BBQ steak straight away. It was ridiculously nice weather when I arrived, about 75 to 80 and sunny, and I proceeded to get sunburned all over my face. Apparently there is like no Ozone layer over New Zealand so UV rays are killer... Thanks a lot America.

The family I am staying with is wonderful. The husband works security for Parlament and Prime Minister (Wellington is the capital of New Zealand) and the wife is a math (they pluralize math to maths...so weird) teacher at Tawa College where I am teaching as well. I'll do an 'MTV Cribs' post later because the house I am staying in as A-Mazing.

I live about a ten to fifteen train ride away from the actual city of Wellington and it's only a few bucks to ride the train into town and I could travel all the way to Auckland (largest city in NZ) only a few hours away. I went to the city for a few hours my first weekend here and was able to snap a couple of picture around the city.

Wellington Harbour

He Must Work Out

The city reminds me a lot of Seattle. The trees flow right down to the city, a city surrounded by the bay, and of course a zillion hills. It's also a fairly young town with tons of bars and a university.

My host family took me up to Mt. Victoria, which is really more like a giant hill right in the city and I was able to take some sweet shots with my camera from on top of the city.

WELLINGTON!!

Hey! Who's that good-looking guy!?

Sweet panoramic shot... I didn't even know I had this ability on my camera

New Zealand is proving to be everything and more that I wanted it to be. Its fun, exciting and I am learning tons. It is quite humbling going from having a ton of contacts in your phone, friends you could see at a moments notice and family around to see. Moving to a new city where you know no one is a new experience and really has made me appreciate those around me. Good thing New Zealand is an awesome place to live and meet people. Excited for the months to come.

More posts to come. A huge Rugby/Halloween party, a Cribs edition, and of course an ongoing list of things that are different and new to me.

Erik