Weir House
OK, I've been promising to post something about where I'm living for a while now so here you go. You actually get two posts today and hopefully another about the rugby tournament in a few days.
For the six weeks that I'm in New Zealand I live in the Weir House in Wellington. It is a freshman dorm during the year, but we're here during their summer semester so it's open to us. Georgia Tech people have been coming to stay here for several years. It looks really nice on the outside . . .
but don't let that fool you, it's not really any better than your standard dorm. This is my room, pretty much all of it. I actually really like staying here with all of us living on the same hall in individual rooms. My room has a sink that you can just see in the picture which is convenient, but the bed is not made for a big American. It's made for some kind of midget. Oh well.
The best part of my room is the view I have from it. We're about three quarters of the way up the hills that surround the harbor so we have a great view looking down on the city.
Unfortunately being up in the hills makes for a rough walk sometimes. When we get lazy we can take this cable car that has a stop right next to the Weir House. This is me, Emily, Kristine, and Blake.
Just a little further up the hill from the dorm is the Wellington Botanical gardens. They have some awesome plants, but they also have a great lookout.
Some nights there are concerts in the botanical gardens. This is Katie and I at one of them; we went with about twenty people and saw a very good show put on by some kiwis.
For the six weeks that I'm in New Zealand I live in the Weir House in Wellington. It is a freshman dorm during the year, but we're here during their summer semester so it's open to us. Georgia Tech people have been coming to stay here for several years. It looks really nice on the outside . . .
but don't let that fool you, it's not really any better than your standard dorm. This is my room, pretty much all of it. I actually really like staying here with all of us living on the same hall in individual rooms. My room has a sink that you can just see in the picture which is convenient, but the bed is not made for a big American. It's made for some kind of midget. Oh well.
The best part of my room is the view I have from it. We're about three quarters of the way up the hills that surround the harbor so we have a great view looking down on the city.
Unfortunately being up in the hills makes for a rough walk sometimes. When we get lazy we can take this cable car that has a stop right next to the Weir House. This is me, Emily, Kristine, and Blake.
Just a little further up the hill from the dorm is the Wellington Botanical gardens. They have some awesome plants, but they also have a great lookout.
Some nights there are concerts in the botanical gardens. This is Katie and I at one of them; we went with about twenty people and saw a very good show put on by some kiwis.
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