Rainy Day Blogging

Lets see, I last let off the day before I went horseback riding.


SATURDAY:  Got to sleep in, showered, did homework, then it was time to go meet and board the bus to take us to "LORD OF THE RINGS COUNTRY"!! To journey through "middle earth"!! It was about a 40min ride out to the country and up the mountain to the Gelnorchy Stables.  Here we paid, got out boots, and riding helmet.  We then boarded back onto the bus to take us up to where all the horses are tied, this was about another 20min drive.  Along the way, though, we stopped to take pictures at different scenic points.  We were also shown areas where movies such as Xmen Origins, Wolverine was filmed!


That was definitely one of the interesting things, finding out we werent only getting to see where Lord of the Rings was filmed, but also where Xmen Origins: Wolverine, The Lovely Bones, and Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian were filmed!  Many, Many other commercials and small films have used these locations as well.. I will have pictures up on fbook SOON, I promise! :)


Anyways, We arrived and unloaded off the bus, and our guides asked us about our previous horse experience, then they assigned us a horse. My horses name was Sully!  He was precious, kind of.  He was actually a little bit slow.. But anyhow, I believe he was part draught, who had been mixed with a thoroughbred.  Not completely sure though!


Our trip started us off by walking around the main grounds and then into the woods.  The first "movie scene" we saw was in the woods when the Ring leader & Crew first began to enter the elf-haven and met The elvish people in the woods (I cannot remember names, just saw the movie a week and a half ago.. they had the queen/lady elf with long white hair..) anywho.  Thats the same scene where the Elvish man told Gimli the dwarf that anyone could hear him breathing in the woods from miles away (joke made b/c Gimli had been talking about how sneaky dwarves were in the woods, and how they went unheard and unnoticed). Also while in the woods she showed us where The Death of Boromir took place.  This is where the battle scene where the orcs came after Boromir tried to steal the ring from Frodo... (Fun Fact: The orcs during this scene were played by rugby players!  haha...)  We continued to trek through the 'golden woods of Lothlórien' then through 'Amon Hen', and then we began to see amazing views of 'Wizard's Vale' and "the mighty peak of Methedras."  It was all really pretty and cool to see where the movie was filmed.  It was also neat, having just watched the movies the previous week, recognizing the similarities, and noticing when a place looked familiar because you saw it in the movie.  We also saw the scenes used for Isengard.  I promise pictures will be up soon! haha.


On top of that they pointed out places where Xmen & Narnia were filmed.  The beginning scene in Prince Caspian was filmed right across the river bed, and it features some of the horses we rode.  Also if you remember in Xmen: Wolverine; the scene where he is.. uhm.. unclothed.. The movie crew built the whole entire farm where the elderly couple lived, this whole section of the movie was filmed there, then after the were finished they blew the buildings up.  (which took weeks to build!)  Also!  Where Wolverines wife "dies" was also filmed here.. 


There is just so information that I cannot really remember what all else they told us at the moment..
But all in all, it was a really fun trip!  Apart from the fact it was really windy and a little hazy it was still good.  We also had a guy (Rob) on our trip propose to his girlfriend (Andrea) on the hill overlooking the mountains.. so presh!!  and I miss Sully!  He was a good horse.


After horseback riding, and coming back home we ate at a place called Fergburger.. OMG.  One of the most GINORMOUS, BEST TASTING burgers you have ever laid hands on or put into your mouth.. it was soooooo good!  This burger had a circumference/diameter of if not bigger, then the same size of my hand.  It was HUGE, and I ate the whole entire thing... whoops!  I have pictures of this coming up too, haha.


Sunday was a relaxed day, and I honestly cant remember what I did besides go to church and study my butt off... Oh, I studied my butt off some more.  I had TWO presentations yesterday.  One was in Humanities which went really well!  My partner and I had New Zealand Culture to talk about, and we played bingo!  Later that day I had my Bible.. Ellis and I have Bible Improv at the beginning which was soooo funny.  It worked out really well!  But then after that it was information, overload time, and it was boring.. haha.  Well, I should say I was boring, Ellis spiced his parts up just a little bit.


Today has just been a day of relaxing and studying for my Bible test I have in a couple of hours.  Its raining/sleeting/SNOWING today, so there isn't much else to do but to cuddle inside.  Which I LOVE!  All I need is a fire place, and less work to do so that I could read one of my books I brought along with me.  (Which I have not started to read any of them!  ahhh.  Although I loaned two of my books out for other people to read, so at least someone is getting use out of them!  I will read a lot on the cruise..... where I will have NO INTERNET or even a phone I believe!  ahhhhh!!)  


Well Its time to study some more and sip on my instant coffee :)  


Peace out Girl Scout.