Final Dinner with Friends
Throughout the semester, there had been a group of us that often went places, did things, and went to the bars together. Who came varied on the night and occasion, but everyone (who was anyone) made sure to come to our dinner on the waterfront, at a restaurant called "The Waterfront." Heare are some pictures from the occasion:
Emma, Amy and Me at dinner
The whole group of usThe meal was a great time. I had a magnificent white chocolate raspberry martini to drink and a really yummy steak. It was still early enough that none of us were thinking goodbyes yet, but it was the last time that all of us were still around to do something together.
Final Program Dinner
On November 7, Lauren and Tommy (if you recall, they were the program organizers who was with us for orientation) met with the seven of us studying in Auckland for a nice, fancy dinner at White, another waterfront restaurant, but this time in the Hilton hotel. It was nice to see the other girls from my program, whom I hadn't seen in a while.
We had a full course meal, with wine, appetizers, entrees and then we almost ordered desserts. We were going to get two mixed platters of desserts, but then we decided that it would be much cheaper and possibly tastier if we just went next door to the gelatto place. We retracted the order for the dessert, but the chef was insulted that we didn't want it anymore. As a result he himself made a few platter with mini espresso brownies and mini blueberry muffins. They were absolutely delicious. Then the group of us went over for gelatto. It was so good! I had a really nice chat with Tommy's girlfriend who was there. Tommy and his girlfriend had been together since high school, but went to different universities. They both came to University of Auckland however to do their semester abroad. Whereas she went back to her university back home, Tommy decided to stay in Auckland and they did two years of a really long distance relationship. With my time in New Zealand coming to a close and uncertainty setting in, this conversation with Tommy's girlfriend was just what I needed to be certain that I wanted to commit to staying with Matt.
Final Dinner with Matt
The second to last night before I left New Zealand, Matt decided to make me a special dinner. There's not much to write about, he made venison and blue cheese stuffed ravioli with a blue cheese sauce he made from scratch. We had both (ironically) been saving up tea lights for a candle lit dinner. I had the table lit up with tons of tea lights and Matt came in with more. He had even bought a lighter for the meal. It was tasty and special.
Final Program Dinner
On November 7, Lauren and Tommy (if you recall, they were the program organizers who was with us for orientation) met with the seven of us studying in Auckland for a nice, fancy dinner at White, another waterfront restaurant, but this time in the Hilton hotel. It was nice to see the other girls from my program, whom I hadn't seen in a while.
We had a full course meal, with wine, appetizers, entrees and then we almost ordered desserts. We were going to get two mixed platters of desserts, but then we decided that it would be much cheaper and possibly tastier if we just went next door to the gelatto place. We retracted the order for the dessert, but the chef was insulted that we didn't want it anymore. As a result he himself made a few platter with mini espresso brownies and mini blueberry muffins. They were absolutely delicious. Then the group of us went over for gelatto. It was so good! I had a really nice chat with Tommy's girlfriend who was there. Tommy and his girlfriend had been together since high school, but went to different universities. They both came to University of Auckland however to do their semester abroad. Whereas she went back to her university back home, Tommy decided to stay in Auckland and they did two years of a really long distance relationship. With my time in New Zealand coming to a close and uncertainty setting in, this conversation with Tommy's girlfriend was just what I needed to be certain that I wanted to commit to staying with Matt.
Final Dinner with Matt
The second to last night before I left New Zealand, Matt decided to make me a special dinner. There's not much to write about, he made venison and blue cheese stuffed ravioli with a blue cheese sauce he made from scratch. We had both (ironically) been saving up tea lights for a candle lit dinner. I had the table lit up with tons of tea lights and Matt came in with more. He had even bought a lighter for the meal. It was tasty and special.
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