Hey y'all! Sorry it's taken so long to get updates up- my American experience is nearly at an end and I'm trying to squeeze in as much as possible in my last month and a half. Here's another snapshot of what I've been up to in 2011:
Week 21: Christmas with the Jennings's. My host mother, Judy was not a huge fan of the Christmas season but together we had an amazing Christmas dinner including a Kiwi Pavlova baked by yours truly. Luckily even in the middle of winter, the temperature in Savannah stayed warm- nearly 18 degrees Celsius.
Week 22: New Years in Florida: Together, about 25 GRSP students and friends rented a house in Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida (About two hours north of Miami). This was just like a Kiwi Summer:relaxing at the beach or pool with a hot sun, good food and great friends.
Week 23: Buried in Fort Lauderdale Beach. We stayed at the house for a few days after New Years to take advantage of the amazing Florida weather and beaches. For many of the Europeans it seemed surreal to be on the sand during winter- they're usually buried in snow!
Week 24: Presentation Numero 3. Through chance, a group of young businessmen and businesswomen affiliated with Rotary were going to my home region in New Zealand and asked me to do a 50 minute presentation about what to expect. By the end, I had covered NZ's culture, history, taught the group some basic Maori and how to treat the hobbits with respect. (Picture from one of my later presentations)
Week 25: Learning Graphic Modelling. Yes, yes, I know that this isn't really a holiday picture but this is what I have been doing in my spare time here in Georgia: Learning the Autodesk digital modelling software to add to my Digital Media CV. While I have been relaxing here I am keeping an eye on my career opportunities back home.
Week 26: A flooded Armstrong Campus. Crazy weather hit Georgia in January (Locals say they hadn't seen the like in 20 years!) including snowfall across half the state. Georgia goes crazy when it sees snow- Atlanta called a State of Emergency and one of our GRSP weekends was cancelled. While Savannah didn't see snow, the campus became waterlogged from several days of rain.
Week 27: Magic Show! After our weekend was cancelled Caroline, a student from Denmark organised a student weekend up in Cartersville. We explored some of the interesting museums in the town, went horseback riding and watched "The Amazing Spencers" - a husband/wife magic show who used to be one of the best in the business.
Week 28: The Lincoln's Birthday/Anti-Valentine's Day Cake: This was a fun night with some of my American friends in America. With all of us single on Valentine's Day we had a Lincoln's Day celebration night including movies and this delicious cake.
Week 29: Homecoming Parade at Armstrong Atlantic. Armstrong has an entire week dedicated to the start of their basketball season including parades, dances, talent shows, greek fairs, casino nights and tailgating (beer drinking).
Week 29: Climbing Mount Blood. We met a Rotary family last year who offered to take us on a hike into the Appalachian mountains (a mountain range that runs from Georgia all the way to Maine). While I wasn't feeling up to doing the whole 3 month trek, we had a great day-trip hiking up the side of the ominously-named Mount Blood.
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