This many apples can mean only one thing... Autumn.

 The majority of the past week has either been spent up on campus studying or in the kitchen baking. On Saturday I went a bit further a field when I caught the train, for the first time in New Zealand, to Petone for a field trip. In Petone we studied the formations created by the waves and tides by measuring ripples in the sand and wave heights; such fun!
Last Wednesday; after updating my blog, I went to an international exchange event where I met many kiwis looking to study abroad next trimester and then I went to a free screening of Mood Indigo in Waitangi park. It was lovely sat out under the stars, eating Liam's home made brownies whilst watching the quirky French film.

 As mentioned Liam and I have been doing a great deal of baking this week: 2 apple crumbles, 1 apple cake, chocolate chip cookies, ginger spiced cookies, cupcakes, brownies and finally today Liam made a chocolate cake with banana ice cream. The reason for all the apple desserts is that there is a tree in the Waiteata garden which is absolutely laden in cooking apples at the moment. We collected many of these on Sunday along with some potatoes, lemons, chillis and tomatoes.
The two batches of cookies were for the coffee afternoon that our flat hosted on Sunday; instead of going to a cafe we had a group round to eat, drink and play games.
It's been a lovely week filled with fun and food; I think it's safe to say living with Liam is going to make me into a whale by the time I come home! Looking forward to another field trip this weekend up in Wanganui.