Author: jbattad@rollins.edu

I’m currently in denial that I have to hop a plane in a few hours to go back home to the States. This has been the greatest 5 months of my life, and it’s hard to believe that it flew by so fast. Also can’t believe that this is going to be my last blog…

It’s hard to believe that I will be leaving this beautiful country in two weeks. Who know that 5 months could fly by so quickly. These past couple of weeks have been again mostly filled with studying for my four finals. Two of them are this Monday in fact. Last week, a couple of friends…

These past couple weeks have been a bit uneventful but I really felt like I just need some down time without having to worry about planning trips and just focus on school for a bit. This past week was the last week of lectures which is so hard to believe. I can’t believe that 4…

Oops! This blog post should’ve been up a couple days ago, but guess who forgot to click publish? Anyways, since last time, a bunch of friends and I took a drive up to Wanaka last weekend to get out Dunedin for a bit. We had all been working tirelessly the entire week on long papers,…

It’s really hard to believe I only have less than two months left here in New Zealand. Plus, we only have less then one month before classes are over and finals begin. All I have is two essays between me and studying for those tests. Since last time, a bunch of our friends from the…

This post is a bit late but for good reason! I just got home from the greatest 10-day road trip adventure that I’ve ever had! My friends Ailin and Kelcie and I left Dunedin at 6am last Friday morning to drive up to Kaikoura for a few day hikes and to see some seal pups….

Freaked out a little bit this morning when I realized this post a but late! I’ve been hit with a cold these past few days so my mind is a bit scrambled at the moment, but I’m still alive and well! Queenstown two weekends ago was amazing! The weather was a lot colder than expected…

I’m writing this post a bit early because this weekend I will be headed to Queenstown! I’m so excited to be in the adventure capital of the world with a big group of my friends. I plan to go luging down a mountain with some people since I’m too afraid of heights to bungy jump,…

Wow so much has happened since my last blog post! Well to start off, I went to my first ever rugby game with all the other kids from my program and it was a blast! We got there a bit early and was able to get seats in the second row of “the Zoo” which…

Who knew he first two weeks of this adventure would fly by so fast?! Fiji was a blast; it was the definition of paradise. The weather was amazing and the water was crystal clear. I met some of the most amazing people that are a part of my program and who would’ve thought that 36…