reverse culture shock

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reverse culture shock -- this is kind of what it looks like:



some shots from the last few moments in the states..

leaving Nantucket on a tiny Cessna, headed for Boston:



Our f!@#$ crazy pilot (there was a dog in the plane, too):



on the way to the italian bakery in Byron & Sophie's neighborhood:





across the road from Byron's flat:



Byron's got a really nice place!



In L.A. -- waiting for the flight to NZ..





it was a loooong flight..





...now we're settling back in to our New Zealand lives. Mel & I have been taking a poetry workshop at Victoria University -- one day a week. here are some photos I snuck during class (w/my new fancy stealth camera):







The class colaborated with Massy design students to make typography poems -- we read them at the NZ Stock Exchange:



Here's what Mel's looked like:



Trevor reading:



Melody:



Mercedes:



Linley's partner:



Linley



Ali:



Mark, the typography students' teacher:



Chris Price, our teacher:



oh wait.. this is Linley -- I don't remember what that other person's name is:



Chris:



Julie: