Dunedin and Rugby

This weekend was packed full of sightseeing adventures. We started by traveling to Dunedin, the second largest city in NZ. The “downtown” area of the city is arranged in an octagon and we spent most of the afternoon walking around to see the different shops and restaurants. After this we decided we needed to find a place to stay for the night. We had all agreed that we would keep in cheap this weekend and stay in a hostel, so we searched for one with vacancies for the four of us to stay in one room together. We finally found one that we shared with two girls who were traveling from England and one guy who they had nicknamed “Mr. Drunkard” because he had stopped by to drop off his stuff (which consisted of a cooler and a toothbrush) and tried to tell them about the awesome party he was going to, but then just left. Then Saturday night we went to our first rugby game. Although we still do not understand the game hardly at all, it was still really fun. The team we cheered for was the Otago Highlanders, which we found out don’t actually win very many games. After the game there was a concert with a band called the Black Seeds. It was fun to get to see the crowds and walk down on the field, but we decided it wasn’t really our type of music and headed back to the hostel.