We woke up on May 16th at Mt. Nicholas Station in time to see our first New Zealand sunrise come up over the mountains. The group enjoyed a delicious breakfast featuring homemade jams and farm-produced Manuka honey. We then spent our morning with Kate Cocks learning primarily about the station’s massive wool production system and touring just a small portion of the 100,000 acre property. The tour, as with most of the trip, provided some fantastic picturesque views of the mountainous landscape. 

We got off the plane in Auckland around 5:45am. Our layover was approximately 2 hours. During that time we ate a snack and exchanged our US dollars for New Zealand currency for the rest of our trip. We boarded the plane to Queenstown around 9:10am and that flight lasted 1 hour and 40 min. We were picked up by Phil Morrison, our Kiwi guide after we landed and headed to the Queenstown waterfront. There, we went to lunch at the Ballarat Trading Co.

We arrived in San Francisco on Saturday night and had a two hour lay-over.  We ate supper, called our family and friends, saying our last goodbyes before flying to New Zealand. Many of us realized this would be our last time for a while to contact our loved ones while we traveled half way across the world.  We boarded the plane at 9:10 and everyone was quite impressed with the high-quality flying accommodations. The plane appeared to be new and the staff gave a warm Kiwi introduction to how friendly the people of New Zealand are.

Today was day one of our trip, filled with travel. Most of the group met up at the ACES Library at 10 am to ride the bus up to O’Hare together. The mini buses were spacious, and we spent our time excitedly chattering about the upcoming trip. After a few hours, we met up with the rest of the group at the United check in counter to get our boarding passes and begin our journey.

[ACE Ambassador, Spring 2017]

1. So it’s the end of the semester…


 

[ACE Ambassador, Spring 2017]

[ACE Ambassador, Spring 2017]

It’s time to look for your dream job. You’ve been at club meetings, studying, and probably even working at internships over the past few years, but now you’re headed for the real world. You want to find a career, but where should you start?

[ACE 292 Experiential Study Tour to California | Spring 2017]

[ACE 292 Experiential Study Tour to California | Spring 2017]

[ACE 292 Experiential Study Tour to California | Spring 2017]