From Grads to Nomads

We have now been in Rotorua a week now, and while the area is pretty, the one aspect I will be happy to leave behind is the constant smell of sulphur, aka, rotten eggs, which is constantly in around town and yesterday managed to permeate into our holiday home. My nose burns from the very smell of it, and I am not sure how those who actually reside in town for their entire lives manage to live with the smell all the time!

It has been raining all weekend, so it has been rather uneventful for us. We have spent some quality time in Starbucks, and there have been several late night scrabble matches between Jason and I (it can get rather competitive). There are lots more natural hot pools and swimming holes to get out to around here, so we are hoping for nice weather soon. Today, Calgary is only about 10 degrees colder than it is here.....not much of a difference!

Our most exciting news is that yesterday we bought a Christmas tree, a 6 foot high fake one, for just 5 dollars!! It will be put up once we get to Auckland.