Month and a Half in Christchurch

After a month and a half in Christchurch, I've fallen into a simple routine. Take the bus or walk to school in the morning to get there by 9:00. Morning class usually lasts until 1:00, then start the afternoon class at 2:00 until 5:00. Then go back home. On Monday and Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons is Ultimate. Free time is used winding down from being at school all day.
I'm quite anxious to get a car so I can get out of the city and see the rest of New Zealand. The time I've been here so far hasn't been without its sights, though. Christchurch is on the east coast of the south island, and there are buses that go to several of the beaches that overlook the giant Pacific Ocean. Places called Sumner, Lyttelton, and New Brighton. Going to these places in the middle of a summer's day you appreciate how great was to have an ozone layer back home, but down here it is so thin that it will punish you if you don't put on sunscreen and put it on often. As summer is winding down, there's talk of a cold winter ahead. Skiing is only an hour or so away in the mountains, though Christchurch gets very little snow.











This should give a little overview of things going on so far. Now that I've done this first blog, I hope to post more on a regular basis and fill in some of the gaps that I've left here.