4 Day Weekend!!!

Well this was a very long but fun weekend. Thursday Taylor (my roommate) and I went into the city of Christchurch and witnessed some of the Earthquake damage and the new things that the city have done and are planning for the future of their city. One of these is the Re-Start Mall, otherwise known as "The Container Mall". The reason for the nickname is that all of the stores are made out of large shipping containers. It was an outdoor mall in the heart of the city. Before the quake it was one of the site to one of the main central hubs in the downtown area, all of which was destroyed.

Friday's main event was going to the rugby game that night. It was the local team, The Canterbury Crusaders, vs a team from the North Island, The Hurricanes. it was a real good game and came down to the final minutes. Unfortunately the right wing (my old position) of the Hurricanes scored a great try but made it a loss for the home team. I was able to get a free flag though!

Saturday was a long and fun day. I did something I've never done before and had a great time in the City of Chrustchurch. The Great Kiwi Beer Festival was going on and I went with a lot of the other international students to the event. There was a very wide variety of people there. Some seemed like old hippies, some were the rocker type, and others were just weird.  This one lady around 60ish was going strong on the dance floor area to all the bands all day long. It was quite a sight. There were quite a few college students or at least college aged as well. Even the occasional baby or child, I didn't really get why you would bring your kids there. I found quite a few beers that I really enjoyed.

After I returned to school with some of my friends and headed over to the international flats. I spent the night hanging out with people from all around the US, France, The Middle East, India, New Zealand, and Norway. It was a great night and I really enjoyed branching out and meeting people form all over the world.

Sunday we had a BBQ for our flat complex. I enjoyed lots of free food and spending time with everyone in the complex. We also had guests from other dorms and the international flats as well. Over all it was a long and great weekend. Got to do many new things, met new people, and still got class assignments done.