Day -1 (or 52, depending)

So!  I've decided to start a blog to document my adventures over here in NZ.  Up until this point I've mainly been working on school with a few side trips here or there, so there hasn't been anything too terribly engrossing to write about.  But TOMORROW I leave for a two week road trip across the South Island, so it's a great excuse to start.  If things get dull I'll reach into the past and throw in anecdotes from the two months I've already been here.

Anyways, I'm waking up at 5 45 ish tomorrow to walk to a bus station by 7 10 to catch a 7 15 bus to get on a 8 25 ferry across to the South Island.  And the fun doesn't stop there!  After a 11 25 arrival I'll have about an hour to get on a 12 30 bus from Picton, the ferry disembarking point, to Kaikoura, the Sarah Warner point.  I'll hang out in that pleasant beach side community for a few days before Sarah and I continue along the Path of Golden Dreams (aka hop on another bus) to Christchurch, at which point we rent a car and start the REAL journey of road trip freedom!  Woo!  Just like Calvin and Hobbes would've done!

It really is going to be great and I want you guys to be a part of it. *soft cry*  So don't be afraid to become hopelessly addicted to this blog!  I don't want to give everything away too quickly, so I'll stop there for now and leave you to contemplate a few Kiwi words and phrases I've learned.  

Until next time.

keen 

Would you be keen to play frisbee tomorrow?

heaps

I've got heaps of those.

You can cut off heaps and it does nothing. ( actual sentence from the barber I went to)

lollies

Mmm these lollies are so sugary and sweet!

sweet as...!

Hipster #1: I got some new jeans today.  They're soooo skinny and awesome!

Hipster #2: Sweet as!  I should get some tomorrow!