Second Day in Auckland

Today we went to go visit Auckland University and their construction program. A lot of the Graduate students are working on research for Christchurch which has encountered a large number of earthquakes and after shocks within the past year. Some of the graduate students took us on a tour around the campus. Later that afternoon after we all split up for lunch, we met up and took a bus to an area called One Tree Hill. It's funny that it's called that since I was OBSESSED with a tv show called "One Tree Hill" when I was in high school.

 We literally climbed up the side of this huge hill that had sheep running all over it. But the hill was not only infested with sheep, but their poop as well. THERE WAS POOP EVERYWHERE!! You couldn't take a step in any direction without having to try and avoid poop. As soon as we got at the top there was a huge monument. It was extremely windy but it was so beautiful because you could see all of the city of auckland in a 360 degree panorama. It was incredible and it made me feel very free and relieved of stress. Then we took a 20 minute walk down the pathway instead of rolling down the side of the steep mountain. Once we got down to the bottom we went back to the hotel and rested and ate dinner before going to the sky tower! When inside the sky tower we went to the top and viewed the city from an incredible angle. Patrick was so scared of getting close to the glass. Then Anoop bought all of us a beer. We sat and enjoyed the view and then a few of us decided to go out. Jason said he knew a place where a lot of college students go but when we got there it was closed because we forgot that its summer and all of the college kids go home. So we just went back and went to bed. today was a really great day. I really enjoyed our activities.