Is this real life?

Tara, Arian, and I on the water front

Afraid I don't have many pictures, or in some respects even much to say.  The last three days have involved sleeping in, exploring Wellington, and getting settled.  While all of these are noble activities, none of them are very interesting to hear the details of.  I still haven't managed to get moved into my actual house, apparently that will be Friday afternoon and tomorrow morning I actually have to get up at dawn thirty to start orientation for study abroad students.  Last night walking back to our dorm we got lost because we didn't want to go through the graveyard (the usual cut through, in the light anyway).  One of the few good things about all the hills (besides from the amazing views) is that you can frequently see a lot of what is below you, and the everton buildings are easy to spot so we just had to figure out a route down to them that didn't involve rolling through bushes.

Yesterday, we went down to walk all along the water front, and my favorite place (among many wonderful places) was this little mad made inlet within the harbor.  They have these all over, steps that lead right down to the water so you can sit and dip your feet in or take a swim.  But this is the one used by rowers to put in their boats, just out of view is a huge boat house with lines of rowing machines outside.  I'll try to get some better pictures because it's beautiful and has nice grassy spots to lie in the sun.  You can't tell from this though but the wind is very strong some days, and it can get a little chilly if you don't find a good sunny spot.