Night out with IES

So Tuesday last week was the last official event of IES (there's this afternoon tea thing, but that's unofficial I think), which was our night out having dinner on the tram. We started out with a session where Eunice informed us about the process of going back, informing us about reverse culture shock, homesickness for New Zealand, and apathy of the people around us towards our experience abroad. I hope that that won't happen too much to me: I assume I may be somewhat upset that people might not be as interested in my experiences as I am, but I doubt that reverse culture shock will effect me too much (maybe a little, I will miss Christchurch).

After that we took shuttles downtown to the tram station, and got on the train. I ended up sitting with a guy named Jai, whom I hadn't really interacted with much on my trip, but who turned out to be really interesting. We talked about science fiction and Indian food a lot. The meal was delicious: it was a set 3-course meal where you could pick one of two or three options for each plate. I had BBQ chicken skewers for my appetizer, sesame salmon for my main course, and a really delicious chocolate cake with cinnamon cream and orange sauce for my dessert. It was really delicious. Going around on the train was nice, but the circuit we went on wasn't that big, so we ended up seeing the same things over and over again. But all in all it was a great experience