Made it to Christchurch! For a few minutes I thought I might be hitchhiking to who knows where this afternoon when I got off the plane. My host researcher said she would be at the curb to pick me up in a green minivan. I stood on the curb with my bags, trying to clearly look like a girl who wants a ride in a green minivan. I only saw one green minivan and when I walked towards it, it sped away. That wasn't it. After about 10 or so more minutes passed, I saw a woman talking to the traffic controller/officer. She looked familiar from the picture I saw on the University of Canterbury website so I went up and introduced myself. Sure enough, it was my host researcher. Whew! Turns out her husband took the green van to work.
We rode bikes from my host researcher's house to uni. I got to meet several of the Ph.D. students in her group, chat about some projects, etc. Then I just read some papers in the office, while checking the status of the NBA finals game online. Go Lakers!
Overall, a fine day in the Southern hemisphere.
Looking out the plane window towards Kaikoura (east coast of the South Island).
Mesmerizing clouds a couple of hours before sunset. Taken from my host researcher's office.
Lakers!
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