Day 1

Today was the first day in New Zealand. We walked around and ate lunch and went to Rotorua and saw the hotel we were staying in.

   My first impression of New Zealand is that there is a so much nature.  Everything is so open and there are so many farms. Reminds me of a green Indians. While it doesn’t exactly smell good because of the geothermal heating, it is still beautiful. I don’t feel like there is that much culture. One of the things I did notice though is the driving. The whole driving on the other side and driving on the other side of the car is different. I always get so confuse when I look outside at the road. It is so different. I also get confused when I have to walk across the street because I don’t know which way to look. I think I most interesting in ogoing or zorbing. It looks like so much fun and I can’t wait to be trapped in the ball trying to stand up. I’ve actually seen videos of people doing that before on the internet and I have always wanted to do it. Besides that im looking forward to seeing more nature and people. Some other culture shocks had to be how nice the people are and the scenery. I’m not used to everyone being so nice because people generally aren’t in the US. Also all the nature is different then Grayslake because it is so green and mountainous.