One of my favorite parts of my entire studying abroad experience was New Zealand. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen and pictures really don't begin to describe how amazing it was. I set out by myself to take a bus tour around the southern island for eight days. I was with about 20 other young adults as we drove through the southern island. Our bus driver knew a lot about the country and played fun music like when we drove through dark tunnels the star wars theme song would play or once we stopped to frolic in a field and the sound of music soundtrack came on. Our first day we went to a sheep farm. Sheep are very popular in New Zealand and on this one farm alone run by a husband, wife, and 5 dogs there were 3,000 sheep! His wife, described to us as "the nicest woman in the world" made us all breakfast and we took a tour of their farm where he showed us the tiny barn where he shears the sheep. Right in the middle of taking the wool off one, another sheep who was supposedly secure in the stall leaped right over the gate and tried to make a break for it. Our tour guide Craig and bus driver Luke jumped on it and wrestled it to the ground. The farmer, while insisting nothing like that had ever happened before, was completely unfazed and went about his work. I got to hold a baby lamb that was only one day old! He weighed about 2 pounds and was so cute and cuddly!