I can’t believe that in just two days, I will be back in Pennsylvania. I’ve had such an incredible experience in New Zealand, and as sad as I am to leave this beautiful country, it’ll be nice to go home and see my family. Throughout the semester, it’s been so interesting to meet people from…
Category: New Zealand: TEAN at Otago
Post-Study Abroad Post
Before arriving in New Zealand, I was all sorts of nervous and excited. I wondered how I would react to new aspects of culture and people from that culture. In a sense this was just like going to college for the first time, a “fresh start.” As this was my first time spending so much…
Final Climb
Queenstown- I couldn’t have asked for a better last weekend in New Zealand. I was told we were “going on a hike.” What I wasn’t told, is that we’d climb 4700 feet to reach the summit. 5:00am wake up, 6:00am beginning hiking the Ben Lomond track in pitch black. Guided by our headlamps and iPhone…
New Cities
One month left and I find myself checking into a hostel in Auckland, turning around, and seeing my sister and 3 best friends running towards me. Does it get any better at this point? I was so lucky to spend two weeks traveling around New Zealand with friends from home. Seeing their reactions to new lingo…
2 weeks left! Otago
It is crunch time at the University of Otago! This week has been dedicated to several textbooks and class article readings to prep for our final exams next week. It is so hard to think that my time here is coming to an end. I really do not like thinking about it but my Uni…
The North Island
A few weeks ago, some of my best friends from Rollins visited me in New Zealand. We all went on a road trip in the North Island. I went to Auckland for the first time (unless you count the hour I was in the airport there in February). Since my phone malfunctioned a while ago and…
Be Robin Hood, Across the World
For the past year, I’ve been involved as an ambassador for my friend’s start-up company, Be Robin Hood. Be Robin Hood is an online merchandise site, where every purchase gives back to those in need, twice. My friend founded this company on the basis that anyone can be a hero, and together we can help…
It’s May yet somehow I loved the fact this whole month was Autumn?! Why not. My first few months here were full of travel, May was my month to take a brief pause, to reflect on all the adventures I’ve had so far, and I got to explore my city just a bit more. Dunedin…
May 24th Otago
Kia Orana whanau! I just returned back to Dunedin yesterday from Tokoroa in the North Island. I had such a wonderful experience there. One of my favorite parts of the trip in the North Island was spend in Rotorua. Rotorua is famous full the geothermal hot pools that are on the land of the Whakarewarewa…
May 12th Otago
The adventure continues! This time, in the North Island. On the 10th of May I fly up to visit my family in Tokoroa, which is almost two hours from the city of Auckland. It has been twelve years since the last time I was here. I have been holding out on this trip since I…