First week on the South Island

So I've been on the South Island for a weekish now and it's been so lovely! My friends friend came and got me and have been so great, I was really lucky to have them here! My week of seeing practice has been so much fun, a nice combination of being busy but I've had some down time to do navle prep at the same time. It's been really fun spending time with locals and just being a part of the family more or less, also they have a great dog who is my new bff so that was great! I got to go to a calving, a botched castrarion, did some repro work, full herd health plans, and basked in the greatness of the rotary parlour, which is just the best invention. Everyone is super nice and the beer is fabulous. We also had some local wine from a client of there's which was really good. I've had some NZ cheese and made everyone snicker doodles, which they loved, introduced my hosts to tapatio and bagels and cream cheese, and just had a great time down here.

Sat we went to akaroa which was a French settlement and is just a really cute little coastal town and it was beautiful! We had fresh fish a chips (a MUST try everyone said) and walked around for a bit. Then we went into Christchurch and walked around. It's crazy that they are still trying to rebuild after earthquake 5 years ago and there's still rubble everywhere. Hopefully if I ever come back I'll get to see what it will eventually become! We also had these amazing yoghurt cone things where they mix the fruit in with it, so good. And There's a cool part of the mall that is all shops in storage containers because they all needed a place to go after the quake and they kept it, so it was a creative way to stay in business. All in all it's been a short but great week down here, and now I'm on my way to the north for 2 weeks!

I also should. Let that air NZ safety video is the men in black song but about airline safety, amazing!