United States of America

And I'm back to blogging. Haven't posted at all in a few months, my second semester of university was really quite busy, and there was a slew of other things going on at the same time that lead to me just not having time for much writing that wasn't uni related. Anyway, I'm back to it.

On the 11th of November, Laura and I boarded a plane to go to the U.S. It's the first time I've ever been here, and has been pretty cool so far, even though we've mostly just been at Laura's house. The trip there was, for the most part, uneventful, although we managed to almost miss one of our flights. Lack of a boarding call can lead to issues it would seem. We ate Mexican food the night we got here and it was amazing. People weren't kidding when they told me about how huge the portions are here.

The past couple of days we've been working on making apple and pear juice. This included picking the apples, and grinding them up into a pulp before extracting the actual juice.

I'll see if I can get some more photos later on.

Today we also went to the nearby town, Garberville. It was very much a small town, with (as expected) rather a lot of hippies. Also got to try my very first burger in America, and I gotta say, it was pretty delicious. Surprisingly enough, I've actually LOST weight since I got here. I suspect that has something to do with the fact that I'm moving around a lot more as opposed to diet however.

What I've found to be the strangest here has honestly been the driving. I've only ever been in countries in which they drive on the left, and even though I've just been a passenger, driving on the right side of the road feels really, really weird.

I've also found the television to be fairly odd, most specifically the adverts. The main two that have stood out are adverts for prescription drugs, and an advert for a class-action lawsuit. Just not things you'd see in little old New Zealand.

The next few days I think will be more of the same. Hopefully going up to Eureka and Arcata with a friend of Laura's on Saturday, which should be fun. Going to tour a brewery and eat good food.