Right now I am sitting on a bus from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. It's been a pretty nice journey so far - until it turned dark all I saw was hills covered in pine trees and dark green rivers, as well as various mountains and volcanoes, such as Mount St. Helens! It has been a real treat. But now it is dark and all I can see are the other cars on the freeway. The bus ride isn't too long, maybe around four hours in total! But if you add that on top of...

This time I have SO much to write about given that it's been about six days since I last provided you all with an update! Hopefully I will remember the majority of what has happened, but there's quite a bit to catch up on! Monday: We went to a pub quiz on this day! It was great because here in Eugene we have just merged in with local culture, hung out with ordinary Americans and so on. We spent this evening with some of Matt's class mates. However most of the...

Not very much to write about again today unfortunately :( It will probably be like this until we leave Eugene on Sunday! We went for some nice walks though! We walked from the university campus area to Stadium Park Apartments which is where Matt used to live! It's sooo nice and shiney. There's a nice pool and beach volleyball thing etc! We went to the little shop there and bought a huge ice tea for just 99c. We were also lucky enough to go inside a model apartme...

We both had a really lovely day today! :) It started off with a trip to downtown Eugene here in Oregon. There is some kind of celebration going on at the moment so the centre of the city is all closed off and filled with lots of marquees, bands and food carts! The best thing I've noticed about Oregon is that it is such a vegetarian/vegan friendly place! There's great options absolutely everywhere at good prices. I feel spoilt by having so much to pick from. Today...

I actually don't have anything interesting to write today! It's been pretty chilled. I've been suffering with a pretty rank hangover so have taken today easy. We arrived in Eugene, Oregon around 10am and have spent the day catching up with Matt's friends and going for a few walks! From what I have seen so far Eugene is stunning! It's so green and quiet. The campus looks really nice because all the buildings follow a similar theme. In Otago the buildings are so m...