Day 3 June 10th 2011

Prompt: Reflect on our day and the forest walk and also when we met the New Zealand students at Rangitoto

In the morning we woke up and we were all pretty tired. We were surprised by the rain and were all pretty upset that we had to deal with the rain. IT took a while but we eventually found the bus stop we had to go to and we took the bus to the only redwood forest in New Zealand. Walking around the forest, it was all wet and muddy but we toughed it out. Our group was sort of split up so it was kinda of a mess. The whole time we were walking rhe rain was coming down very hard. After the walk when we got back, all of our clothes were soaked but looking back on it I am glad that I went out in the rain because you only live once and I really experienced what difficult traveling like. Later in the evening, we got to visit a New Zealand school which was my my favorite part of the trip. I felt as though the trip to the school was very personal because I really connected and talked personally with a select few students and made great friendships with some kids such as a girl named Nicole (she told me to include her in the blog). Even though the visit was not very long, I miss the friends I made because they were so nice and informative. The people we talked to were very easy to make a conversation with which was awesome. I definitely want to stay in touch with the friends I made because they were so welcoming to me and taught me so much about their school, sports, social life, and anything else I asked about.

Awesome school we visited in Auckland

New Zealand Redwoods