The time has finally come!! I am packing to get ready for the trip of a lifetime in NEW ZEALAND! I am so excited to see this amazing beautiful place that I have heard so much about. It has been hard to decide what to pack for 6 months abroad. It also didn’t help that I started packing so last minute 🙂 I am packing for winter weather ( New Zealand is in winter when the US is in summer), fall weather, spring weather and summer weather and I am supposed to pack light?!?! I am trying to pack just one Checked bag and then I will have my carry on bag but as of right now it is looking like I am going to have to pack more than one checked bag :/
I am sad that I won’t see my family for so long but I am happy we have Facetime and WhatsApp to keep us in touch! Although it is going to be sad not being with my friends at Rollins I can’t wait to meet some and different people at the University of Otago. I am excited to not only meet a bunch on Kiwis but I am also excited to meet people in my program! I have been told by other people who did this program that they can end up being your close friends.
I am not so much looking forward to this long travel time. I an supposed to be traveling for about 30 hours!! I am going to be flying out of Peoria and then I am connecting though Chicago to LAX. I am actually going to be meeting two other Rollins students at LAX. They are two of my sorority sisters Marissa and Alyssa. Then for LAX we are all three going to fly to Aukland and then to Queenstown where we will be having our week long orientation! I am so excited to see Queenstown I have heard that it is absolutely gorgeous! We already have so many fun activities planned including Bungee Jumping and a bunch of other activities! I will make sure to take tons of pic and keep the updates coming!!