June 9th Blog

Today started out terrible, but ended on a good note. Our day started out horrible because we had to wake up very early and get our bags checked in by the teachers downstairs because we were leaving Roturura. Another reason that today started out bad was the weather. All day it was very overcast with a constant and soaking rain. Another reason why we woke up so early was we were going to the local Redwood forest before we left town. The most miserable part of the day was walking around the forest because it was cold and wet. Granted, the forest was beautiful and I'll probably never see anything like that again, but the downpour nearly ruined it for me. The Redwoods were very tall and majestic. After our excursion, we headed back to the hotel to take a shower and then get on the bus so we could make our way to Auckland. On the bus ride there, we stopped for a bite to eat. we then finished our journey to Auckland. When we arrived in town, we quickly unloaded our luggage and then got back on the bus to make our way to Rangitoto college. The students preformed a haka and we then ate some food they prepared for us. After eating and talking with our penpals for a while, they then broke us into groups to teach us the haka. After learning and preforming the haka, we had time to take a tour of the campus. we then said our goodbys and left to go back to our hotel.