The Typhoon that Never Came

Auckland is weather confused

Friday, March 14th
A group of us ventured off to Okahu Bay Wharf to jump off the pier. It was an overcast day but nonetheless still fun. When we arrived at the end of the pier there were groups of fisherman so needless to say, we were a fisherman's nightmare by disturbing the water. There was also tons of Asian tourists and they ended up becoming our paparazzi. After the pier we kept exploring and ended up at Michael Joseph Savage's Monument. He was the first labor prime minister. It was at this time where I saw a sight that I will never forget (look at the lady dripping in swag, she even had a little swag in her step). We then discovered Mr. Whoopy's which was an ice cream truck. I got the Whoopy Hedgehog which was vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate and rolled in walnuts. This was my first time having ice cream since I left the States and it became a monumental moment of my day. 

Saturday, March 15th
It was finally the day of the anticipated typhoon. Unfortunately, there was very little rain and just a lot of wind. Thankfully we were able to fill our empty goon sacks with water and we hiked on over to the museum to use the ginormous slip n slide that we created the day before. Everyone Everyone except me, took turns holding down the tarp while others lathered up with soap and slid down the slip n slide. I was having too much fun to realize that I had been down the slide one too many times. It was a day filled with laughter and mud. By the time I got back to Carlaw I could wring out my drenched tshirt and my sandals  jandals (kiwi lingo) were covered in mud. I ended up with some nice scratches and bruises all over but it was definitely worth it!

Monday, March 17th
Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's day! Oh, what a fabulous day to be Irish, especially when it was the warmest St. Patrick's day I've ever celebrated. We went to Father Ted's Pub at night where there was a live band. Moral of the story: My ancestors would be proud.