19 November (again)

After that epic North Island Trip I had to buckle down for finals. I had two of them (which is half as many as most people had) and they were both at the end of the finals period and I hadn't studied since middle of October and it was now November. Studying for 5 days straight can get you on track real fast, but I still don't want to talk about it very much. I hate school here, there's too much riding on that one test.

BUT ANYWAY

A few days after finals (amidst all the goodbyes and other sappy stuff), we got the opportunity to go out to Te Anau (right next to Milford Sound) and stay with an old couple that knew a friend of mine. We rented a car and took our sweet time getting there. We turned a 3 hour drive into a 7 hour drive. We at subway on a sheep pasture, made friends with 4 year olds in a park, I learned to drive stick, tossed a football at a high school and
took a nap by a lake. Here's some pictures of that:

The place we were staying was SO NICE. The couple was super cool and overthetop generous. They run a bed and breakfast and they invited us because they weren't having anyone there for a couple days. The first day the weather was shitty so the husband showed us how to range things for a hunting rifle in the off chance that we went out hunting with him in good weather. We also set up their BluRay player.
The next day was a really nice one. They took us out on their boat and made breakfast there. We cruised around the Te Anau lake for the morning, then when we got back they seemed pretty tuckered out from treating us so well, so we took off. They also had a super awesome dog. Here's a picture from the boat, and a picture of the dog.

Now there's like nobody left in Dunedin and each night consists of three or four dudes hanging out watching TV or movies and having a couple beers.

Tomorrow, I leave for Australia. We're going from Brisbane to Sydney in six days and then staying in Sydney for a few more days. We're going to the Stereosonic Concert, which will without a doubt be off the chain. I'm not sure what else we're going to do, I get the feeling that most of us are all touristed out and just wanna relax on a beach or something. We'll have an RV, so we'll be able to sleep wherever we end up at night. I'm really looking forward to it and it'll be a nice last trip to round out my southern hemisphere semester.

A friend and I are also thinking about jetting to Queenstown when we get back to Bungy jump since we haven't had the chance yet. I've got this 2 for 1 deal that we could use and make it almost affordable. We've yet to figure that out yet though.

Sorry this was so rushed!
Until next time,

David