Today was much more structured than yesterday thank goodness! We headed out to the University of Auckland’s school of engineering to listen how their project management program is structured. It was pretty interesting to see how they teach their students. Our program is mainly based off of learning in the classroom and getting experience in the field by doing internships but their program has much more of an emphasis towards research. They have huge studios filled with concrete compression machines and a whole studio for testing different types of stresses on lumber. It was pretty interesting to hear that New Zealand imported steel and exported a lot of lumber. Due to this fact, they usually try their hardest to rely on wood, even for their high rise structures. This was pretty interesting but they spend a lot of their time trying to find new ways to strengthen the wood by using different types of methods.
The campus was a beautiful one. We were able to spend about 30min walking around enjoying seeing people buying books and getting a feel of how it would be actually attending the school.
After we left the school we split up into smaller groups and three of us headed downtown to grab a bite to eat at a place called Queen’s Ferry Hotel. We had seen a sign outside their window yesterday saying they had the best fish and chips in town so we decided to give it a try. Turns out they were right. I have never had fish and chips as good as they had! As we were leaving we got stopped by a group of ladies that told us we sounded American. Turns out that one of the mothers that was talking to us had a son that went to Auburn. After a few exchanges of “War Eagle” we headed back to the hotel to meet back up with the group and head to the top of another hill to see the city. It was a spectacular view and we just now got back (5:15pm). I can’t wait to head back down to queen’s street in about an hour to grab a quick meal before heading to the large tower downtown to look over the city at night!
 |
| Bay where we ate tonight |
 |
| Sky Tower |
 |
| Incredible View from Sky Tower |
 |
| Sunset from Sky Tower |
No comments:
Post a Comment