Weekend update

This weekend we had a few familiar faces in Rotorua, a few rugby players from Santa Barbara (the Gruinons and Westmont) can into town to get some rugby and travel around New Zealand.
It was nice to see a familiar face and it was amazing to realize that we are actually on the other side welcoming them to our new home, Rotorua. On Friday the whole crew got a kick out of seeing Tim, the person that never drinks beer, serving beer at Henessey's. Tim has picked it up very quick and is now learning about the favorite local beers and local drinks, like the lemon squash?!!!
Yesterday Tim & I went up on the gonodola ride to the top of the hill above Rotorua to take a look at the view. We bought a year long pass to go up, in hopes to do the luge run down the hill. They had closed for the day when we went up.
We are still on our mission to find the best car for our money here. We think we might be coming nearer to the end of our search! We are looking forward to the new freedom we will have with a car, but know that the new freedom will probably cost us heaps more that sitting at home and finding things to do around home.