So we went to a place called Turners Car Market today where we took some cars for test drives. We'll be going tomorrow to sit in on the auction and hopefully do some bidding ourselves. Our feet are sore from the long walk, looking forward to doing it again tomorrow. Maybe we'll have a car tomorrow so we'll be able to drive around to check out some apartments. Spent some time in the beautiful Hagley park again today. Really awesome park.
Pictures to come hopefully will get them up this weekend. Can't yet in the hotel.

We're Here!

So we just got to our hotel in Christchurch, finally. The flight from Vancouver to Auckland wasn't all that bad. We had lots of movies and somehow the time seemed to go by relatively quickly. Neither of us got very much sleep but going for a much needed nap now. Will update with pictures soon!

Together Again

So John and I are together and waiting for our flight to Auckland. Looking forward to 14 hours in the air...

New Zealand

Finally the New Zealand trip is arriving.

Our original plan of leaving New Years Eve changed after an unfortunate complication with borer control. Forced to change our plans and leave a little more then a month later, John and I were feeling a little discouraged. The time since has felt like quite the eternity since John had to go back home to Boston and I stayed home in PEI. But now 12 days to go doesn't seem to bad. I was lucky enough to get a temp job in an office in town where I am right now. You can tell that they're keeping me really busy here...

I will be flying from Charlottetown to Vancouver on the 5th of Feb., meeting John the next day when he flies in from Boston and we'll be together for the long journey across the Pacific. About 14 hours to Aukland, New Zealand and then from there to our final destination; Christchurch.

Missing Ireland

So after what seems like an eternity of flights and waiting, checking in and picking up luggage I'm finally home. I flew from Dublin Sunday evening, arrived and stayed in the London airport all night until my flight left at 8:30 the next morning. Then flew to Toronto and then to PEI. It's funny how my first flight was about 2 hours long and it went by fairly quickly, then the flight from London to Toronto was about 8 hours but I had movies and an interesting girl sitting next to me so the time passed fast enough. But the flight from Toronto, about one and a half hours, felt like an absolute eternity. I don't know how many times I fell asleep and woke up feeling like I slept for a long time but it turned out it had only been like 2 minutes. I just wanted to be home!
So during my overnight stay in London I decided to stay in the airport since I had all my luggage with me and it was pouring rain. I hung out outside for a long time under an overhang roof where I read and stuff. I took out my violin when not many people were around and played a few tunes. While I was playing a leaf fell off a tree and into my case. The leaf is now my London souvenir.
First thing I noticed when I came home was when we got in the car and we were driving on the wrong side! haha It's funny how quickly you adjust to these things.
So now I'm getting back into the regular swing of things. I played Anne and Gilbert tonight and in many ways it was nice to be back, though in others...well, you know. Back to the Mackenzie theater tomorrow.

Homeward Bound

Last day in Ireland! I can't believe it's over. I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Dublin after a couple hours of liesurely walking around. My camera batteries are dead so no pictures but it's very cool. I've been on Connor Street for a while and it is a very busy place.
The whole time I've been here I've noticed that the parts of Ireland that I have seen are very similar to PEI. Except for the ancient stone walls and crumbling stone buildings everywhere. It will be nice to get home and actually rest a bit though I will miss this very much. I'll miss my roomies and my friends that I've made here. Happily I will see some of them soon in Ottawa but some I'll just have to miss :(

Sick Day

We traveled to Ennis yesterday to perform our Mini Mozart Opera and Benjamin Brittan's "Noah's Flood". It was a beautiful church but it didn't have a bathroom so we had to walk to the nearest hotel to use their facilities.
Noah's Flood is the student opera that they have been working on since the beginning of camp 2 weeks ago. They have a nice set, very cute costumes and spot lights. I'll post pictures later but the little girl that plays the dove is so adorable. She looks like a little angel. I was sitting watching the opera from the audience and I happened to be right behind her parents and they were so proud. At the end of the show she gets carried off the stage on Noah's shoulder and she flaps her arms like a bird. It's just too cute.
I've got a bit of the flu today. I just took a nap for an hour and I feel a bit better but hopefully a good nights sleep tonight will get rid of it.