Happy St. Patrick's Day! Yesterday, I headed into Christchurch with my friend Nick to partake in the St. Patrick's Day festivities. We met up with a student from Michigan State, Jason, and his wife, Fina, and went bar-hopping for awhile. We went to a few Irish pubs, and a few microbreweries in town. It was a really fun day. At the Twisted Hop, a very small & very nice microbrewery, I had a bowl of Irish stew that was sooooo good. Eventually, we ended up at Sullivan's Irish Pub, which was packed with festive people. Nick and I ended up sitting down in a booth with this New Zealand family and they showed us a really good time. It was great to be able to chat with some locals, listen to their family histories and life stories, and share a few laughs with a band playing in the background. It was such a fun day. Check out the pictures here:
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| St. Patrick's Day |
Today (Thursday), I had my first field trip. My Soil Resources class went out to Brooksdale Sheep Station in the high-country (i.e. the foothills of the Southern Alps), and looked at some soil pits that have been previously dug by a PhD student, who accompanied us and showed us around. We also spent a good deal of time examining the areas geomorphology, which was pretty interesting and showed evidence of a massive landslide event, as well as a pretty clear fault trace through a mountain pass. We did some field chemistry tests for soil pH and metal-hydroxide concentrations, and looked at how they changed as you moved down the soil profile. It was really interesting. See the pictures for that here:
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| Brooksdale Station Field Trip |
Anyway, I hope all is well back home. I miss you all so much!
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