Daily Journal #2: 1st impression, clutural differences, and what are you looking forward to?

My first impression of NZ was that the airport was amazing. You know that you're a tourist when you are amazed by the airport. But, beyond the airport everything I say was green. The first thing i saw outside was a rainbow which can reflect upon our trip. By this I mean that it may represent both the new light that this trip will shed on our lives. Rainbows bring light and happiness to the people that see them and our trip this week and next week will bring light and bring happiness to du as we do the fun activities we have planned. When I actually walked outside, Lexa mentioned that the pine needles faced up and not down like the trees in America. My second first impression was that the place was very alien but looked similar to Pennsylvania because of the hills and pastures and the herds of cows but the accents were a new thing as well as all of the sheep. Besides green it was wet and the trees were huge. It had just rained so the country had a foggy glow to it. The trees, misted with dew, were enormous! I have never seen trees that large in my life! This along with cultural differences makes New Zealand so different from the U.S.A. One of the cultural differences is the food. The food is very different here because they are exposed to different things then we are and a lot of the stuff in New Zealand we haven't heard of back in the states. Another thing would be the money difference because water there was 3.50 and I had to keep reminding myself about the exchange rate.
The thing I am most looking forward to in New Zealand I going to Rangitoto College because we can meet people our own age and ask them questions. I'm excited since I have been talking to my pen pal Lucy for a while and I'm stoked to see how all of them act in person and I hope we all become great friends. I also want to learn the Haka and learn all the slang and what is popular for people our age in New Zealand.
Today we arrived in Auckland and drove to Rotorua where we went Lugging which was amazingly fun and the best thing so far. I was super scared but I did it anyway and I do not regret it at all.