Weekend Wanderings

I spent pretty much all of yesterday on a hike with Line (Greenlandic exchange student) down to a lighthouse at the lower tip of the north island. You could see some huge mountains on the south island from there, it was pretty cool. I had to convince her at one point that English cultures could be pretty anal about private property (she wanted to walk back over the hilltops instead of along the path). That ticked her off "How can they own the hills? That's so egotistical" (Actually she said egostical but I knew what she meant)
On the bus ride back we randomly ran into Eeva (Finland) and Esther (Brazil) on their way back from Eeastbourne. We got talking and at one point some lady across from us who turned out to be from Whales asked where we were from. Then some other lady jumped into the conversation. She couldn't see me because I was behind Line so she kept referring to us as "you girls", I didn't bother to correct her lest I should actually have to talk to her. Eventually those two forgot about us and talked amongst themselves whilst we all shot awkward glances at each other until our stop.
I also got new curtains for my room this weekend. They make it less bone chillingly cold at night, and they're thick enough that I can black out the window during the day if I want.