{"id":11987,"date":"2018-11-27T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2019-07-08T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T18:36:22","slug":"my-final-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2018\/11\/27\/my-final-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"My final goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am currently sitting on the airplane going from Houston to Newark. What a ride it has been and I am so upset having to leave, but excited about my incredible experience abroad. I have been traveling for over 26 hours and I am exhausted. Yesterday morning, I caught a shuttle to the Dunedin Airport and flew to Auckland International which was a little over two hours long. After a 2-hour layover and an entire pizza, we boarded the next flight which was Auckland to Houston. Originally, I was supposed to fly to San Francisco, but because of the wildfires New Zealand Air rerouted my flight to avoid delays. I was very appreciative of this because I couldn\u2019t image my 26-hour travel time being any longer. After I arrived in Houston and rechecked my bags, I went a grabbed a sandwich and boarded my next flight to Newark where I am meeting my parents then driving 2 hours home.<\/p>\n

Looking back on my semester abroad, I feel like I grew so much as a person. Experiencing a culture that is so different from mine is remarkable. I have met the coolest people during this experience that taught me so much about myself and the world. That may sound cheesy, but it is 100% true. I saw so many amazing places and there is no doubt in my mind that I will be back to New Zealand. Here is a list of my favorite places and things I did!<\/p>\n

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  1. Ski the Remarkable mountain range<\/li>\n
  2. Auckland<\/li>\n
  3. Wellington<\/li>\n
  4. Road trip to the Catlins<\/li>\n
  5. Camping at Long Beach<\/li>\n
  6. Dunedin Botanical Gardens<\/li>\n
  7. Beach Trip to Devonport<\/li>\n
  8. Queenstown Weekends<\/li>\n
  9. Snorkeling in Fiji<\/li>\n
  10. Skydiving<\/li>\n
  11. Milford Sound<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Those are just a few of my favorite things and I will be back to experience everything I didn\u2019t have time for this trip. So with that being said, I\u2019ll see you soon New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I am currently sitting on the airplane going from Houston to Newark. What a ride it has been and I am so upset having to leave, but excited about my incredible experience abroad. I have been traveling for over 26 hours and I am exhausted. Yesterday morning, I caught a shuttle to the Dunedin Airport…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-otago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13569,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions\/13569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}