Alli's bday and Wildfoods!

So this has definitely been the most eventful week/weekend. So much so I'm splitting it into two entries for an easy read. We started the weekend festivities early on Thursday because we were celebrating Alli's 21st birthday. While we are not in the US and are already allowed to drink, it doesn't mean that a 21st will not be truly celebrated. It was a lot of fun because us girls all got dressed up to go out on the town. I think it had been the first time all of us went out as a big group.



The following day we left for Hokitika which is on the west coast of the south island. The reason being WILDFOODS festival. It's basically this big festival where they sell really interesting and wild food. Oh and people also dress in crazy group outfits. We arrived later in the evening after a beautiful drive through Arthur's pass. I rode out with my new floormates including Lannette and Kevin from the epic road trip on the North Island. I stayed at Alli's friends house that night, eagerly anticipating the festival on Saturday.

We got to a late start on Saturday since we all wanted to sleep in. This was Alli's actual birthday and we began the morning with Happy Birthday and a candle in a muffin. After dressing up (my friend Liz and I were jungle cats) and drawing on our whiskers and noses, we were ready to go.


The whole gang

We arrived at the festival starving which was perfect. I wasn't too adventurous and began my morning with a delicious strawberry waffle. We began wandering around to see some of the rather crazy costumes. There was a man in a Borat thong, avatars, too many wheres Waldos, and much more. We ran into more EAP kids which was really awesome. There was also a lot of weird food to choose from. There were grubs, snails, worms, and more insect varieties. I think the worst was a stand called Rocky Mountain Oysters, which was in fact, bull testicles. Definitely steered clear of that one. I did have a friend encourage me to eat something that looked like a chocolate truffle. Turned out to be ground up worm with chocolate inside. It wasn't too different from a regular truffle except with a weird after taste. I also had moonshine which was pretty gross. That was it for my food festival, I really didn't have an adventurous palate and the money to support buying all the food.

avatars, complete with tails and wigs

That night I went to concert they had which was really great and fun. I ran into my kiwi freshmen friends and danced and sang to some good classics. After a few hours I realized I hadn't had dinner and went to have a classic kiwi cheap food, fish and chips. We then wandered to he beach to chill at a random bonfire before heading back to the house. I piled on the layers to sleep in a tent in the backyard and was quickly asleep.

Heres a link to the craziness of Wildfoods.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163360&id=665896295&l=c8365c4aa2