Friends Part One

Because people are the most important part of her life, Rachel is really missing her friends, family, and classmates. Making new friends is not a problem for her, it comes naturally, but the country has been on holiday and out of town, and potential new friends have not been easily available. Hopefully, now that people are coming back into the city, this will change.

Which is not to say that we have haven’t met amazing people. Life changing kind of people.

I can safely say that Rachel’s favorite person in New Zealand is Elise, the daughter of one of Alice’s colleagues. What is it about people named Elise? With an aunt and a cousin of the same name, Elises have always been an important part of Rachel’s life.

Aldo, a student of Rachel’s grandpa Albert, is also someone she made an immediate attachment with. He went to Italy for the holidays, and we look forward to his return.

Rachel loved Hanging with Nathan Kuhlman from Northfield. When we get back to Minnesota, we look forward to seeing him in a Northfield Arts guild production.

We do get to the park often, where Rachel easily blends into the playground antics. One of our favorite parks is over by the hotels. The kids over there tend to be visitors from other countries. It was really cute watching Rachel play with a girl her age who was from France and spoke no English. Of course, Rachel’s French is not very good. Both children though spoke the international language of Swings and Merry-Go-Rounds.