wanted: Kraft character macaroni and cheese

I am absolutely positively not kidding about this.  It's a desperate plea for all of you who are considering maybe sending me a package, please include character mac and cheese!  Before i decided to travel to New Zealand i knew that this is a delicacy that i enjoy, but never have i understood that it is such a delight, such a fantastic, delicious, flavorful, scrumptious meal...until they don't have it here and i now, for the first time in my life, do not have access to this wonderful treat.  Oh, and for all of you who say that character and original mac and cheese taste the same, you couldn't be more wrong!  Though, do note that i will gladly welcome original Kraft mac and cheese as well, because they don't have that here either.  Is ANYBODY getting that i LOVE Kraft macaroni and cheese??

Ok, well enough of that and onto what this blog is actually about: my adventures in New Zealand.  Yesterday was Saturday here and that means market day!  There is a fantastic farmers' market that is set up at the dunedin train station (which is also really cool - see picture below) every Saturday from 8am-noon, and it's only about a 15 minute walk from my flat.  The produce is really fresh and really good and the prices are great as well.  In addition to produce they have fresh baked breads and pies and meats and seafood and big bouquets of flowers (only $5!).  Oh, and pies aren't like they are in America - pie here means meat pie.  There are a whole bunch of different kinds and they are soooooo good.  Next time i get one i will post a picture; they are very popular here.

So after we went to the market we got a bus and went to a seaside town called Port Chalmers.  This place we really cool, much less populated than Dunedin and quiet and just really nice.  There we got some really really good fish and chips and walked up to the top of this huge hill to eat and look out over the harbor.  If you don't believe me about the beauty of this place, just have a look.  This is just a normal town with a - mmmm - relatively nice view for around here:

 

Then today is Sunday.  We went to church this morning, a place called Grace Bible Church.  It's a nice little church that holds services in a bowling club building, so i feel right at home : ) I really liked it; the sermon was really good and the people were just so darn nice.  I can't say how many people came up to us to ask where we were from (and not because it was that obvious that we're American, but because they are that much like a family and they reach out so well to newcomers) and everyone i spoke with was so incredibly genuine.  I would definitely go back there, though we are going to look for a weekday service because we are planning on traveling most weekends.  And speaking of churches, we have seen some really amazing ones so far here.  Example:

Well, only one more week til classes start!  Click here to see the updated Dunedin album.