I didn't get to her place until about 4:30-5pm, and she arrived home from work about 10 minutes after I got there, so that was pretty well timed. We hung around for a bit, and then made a run to the grocery store, for some snacky things, and some dinner. That night, a couple of other dancers came over, and we all worked on cutting "jandals" and gum boots out of construction paper. (Its all decoration for the exchange this weekend). It was a pretty late night by the time we were all done, so afterwards, Melita and I just went to sleep.
This morning, she dropped me off in the city about 10 am, on her way to run some errands. I wandered about for a bit, and then caught a ferry acorss the harbour to the borough of Devonport. Very neat! I walked along the ocean, and climbed a couple of volcanoes (not active anymore!) and just had a good time all around.
Eventually, I met Melita for some dinner in the city. Yum: more pad thai! There were a bunch of other dancers there, so we all hung out for a bit, and then walked over to the class. This other girl, Michelle, taught a beginners lesson, and then Melita taught an intermediate lesson, which was pretty good. (Andrea: the lesson was getting into and out of a swing jam, so a lot of it I already knew, but I learned "throw the baby") =D
After the lessons, the demo troupe practiced for their presentation on Saturday, so that took quite a while. Finally, Melita and I made it home, and we winded down the down with a cup of hot jasmine tea, and an episode of SITC =D
Tomorrow is going to be another long day - we are heading out to the camp at about 10 am, so I probably won't have internet for a couple of days! But I will be dancing 24/7 so yay!
Sorry for no pictures. =( This compy doesn't have a memory card reader, but eventually, I will get some posted. In the meantime, this is a generic view of Auckland:
and this is one of the volcanoes I climbed today (called North Head - it used to be used for defence of the city):
