Day 7: The Wonders of the Asian Market

Sarah, an Early Education major from UVM, is in our Global Links group. Her boyfriend also happens to be studying abroad here as well, and he had been in Auckland for about a week before we arrived. And boy did he know some interesting stuff.

"The Asian Market," he tells us. "It's got really cheap food." We literally forced him to take us there, and we spent an hour marveling at the prices.

30 eggs for $7.00!!? A bushel of bananas for $1.60??! 75 cents for an ear of corn!!??

THIS PLACE IS MAGIC. MAGIC I TELL YOU!

From that point forward, Sarah's boyfriend was known as Uncle Brett because of his vast knowledge and street wisdom as well as acute navigation skills. Go Uncle Brett!

FUN FACT #10: Expensive is an understatement when it comes to alcohol here. Kiwi's have never heard of a little thing called a "handle". "You know, its about 2 liters of vodka. Its so big you generally need a 'handle' to hold it. You know what I mean?" "2 LITERS!!?? WHAT THE...?" is usually the response we get. A fifth here is usually about $35.00  Awesome. I can now legally drink, yet now I can't afford it. Thanks New Zealand.

That evening, we checked out Auckland after dark. I won't go into details, but we had a great time. More explorations tomorrow!!