Getting Comfortable

Just to check up to what I'm currently doing, I give a recap of the past week. On Sunday after the Sevens game, I set up my room, meet two of my roomies and found the beach! I was looking for a relaxing lazy day, but I had to go to one store three times to get what I needed. However, I was able to get a cell phone, the Internet, and some groceries.

The beach I found was very small but only about a 10 minute walk from my flat. Now, people keep telling me the sun is a lot stronger here and to wear sunscreen everyday. I hear there is a whole in the Ozone layer directly above New Zealand. At home I never wear sunscreen but just to be safe I put a bit on. Whoa, I got burnt for being out there two hours. I am wearing it every sunny day now.

One morning I woke up with the need to go somewhere so I walked down to the water front. It was a rainy/misty day so I wore my rain coat and went walking. I walked on the boardwalk to two bays away. It was about an hour and a half walk, along the water. It was beautiful!

The next two days were pretty uneventful. School doesn't start until the 23rd and I don't have anything to do until then. The other night I read about a tramping (hiking) club and figured I would go to the meeting. I did and they invited me on a tramp around the city on Wednesday. So yesterday I went on this tramp with 10 people all above 60 years old! It was slow paced but fun and I got to see spots that I would have never found on my own.