{"id":2108,"date":"2015-08-10T05:50:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:27:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:27:24","slug":"and-the-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/08\/10\/and-the-adventure-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"And the adventure begins&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-e1439200058709-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17546 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-e1439200058709-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I signed up for a semester abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand, I had no idea of what I was getting into. We leave Fiji to arrive in Auckland and explore city life. Our &#8220;orientation&#8221; consists of the Auckland Sky Tower and White Water Rafting over the world&#8217;s highest commercially rafted waterfall, at 21 feet. \u00a0People who are terrified of heights went on this so don&#8217;t be discouraged. I also highly recommend eating at Elliot Stables while in Auckland. The best food-court type of<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11401401_10154055445009251_5978905022308506178_n-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17547 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11401401_10154055445009251_5978905022308506178_n-300x225-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> setting I&#8217;ve had and I&#8217;ve had a lot of great food. You really can&#8217;t go wrong but the lamb kebabs were a hit. The hot springs in Rotorua are definitely a good experience but be prepared for a stench. There are so many things I could say about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11709657_1005856039439127_8883849062030085564_n-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17548 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11709657_1005856039439127_8883849062030085564_n-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>orientation, which feels forever ago. \u00a0The thing is, it&#8217;s almost halfway through the semester and I feel like I left LA a week ago, but I also feel like I&#8217;ve known the people I&#8217;ve met here and through the TEAN program, years ago.\u00a0I am having so much fun and always have something new and fun to look forward to, but at the same time I just want everything to slow down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I signed up for a semester abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand, I had no idea of what I was getting into. We leave Fiji to arrive in Auckland and explore city life. Our &#8220;orientation&#8221; consists of the Auckland Sky Tower and White Water Rafting over the world&#8217;s highest commercially rafted waterfall, at 21 feet&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[136,249],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-otago","tag-dunedin","tag-new-zealand","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17549,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/17549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}