More About My Homestay!

So I heard back from Jules and she is awesome! I'm already so in love with her and her family. She has 8 kids, but because most of them are older, there will only be 1 living at home while I am there. It will just be Jules, Beau (her 9-year-old son), Whitney, and me. I'm so excited! It's going to be so much fun. Jules' home is about a 30 minute walk from the school we'll be at and according to googlemaps, it's not too far from the beach either! She was excited to hear that I love the beach and play guitar because those are two of her favorite things too. It looks like I'm in for quite an amazing experience, and I get to start in less than three weeks now! I'm getting more excited every day!

Here's a map to give you an idea of where the house is.

 

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Homestay Assignments

So I got my homestay assignment from the program today. I'll be living with a woman named Julie Ngawaka and teaching at Ranui Primary School in Auckland. I emailed her so as soon as I get more information, I'll be sure to post it here. But I did google the school, and although they have no website, I did find out that it's like 3 miles from the beach. I'll embed the map here so you can get a feel for where it is and stuff. Less than a month now until I get to New Zealand! I am BEYOND excited.

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Shotover Jet

This is one of the activities we're going to do as a group when we're in Queenstown in February. SO AWESOME!!!