A view from the other side of the world
In the fall of 2017, I took a trip to New Zealand with my dad to see his family. This was the first trip that either of us had taken to New Zealand since 2005. My dad was looking forward to showing me where he grew up and places remembers. This is the view from the front of the high school that he and his brothers attended--Otago Boy's High School, in Dunedin. Dunedin is on the east coast of the south island of New Zealand. In the background of the photo is the Pacific Ocean. In the foreground of the photo is my dad reminiscing on his time there. Having only lived in the flat and landlocked city of Champaign all of my life, and traveling to very few places with any changes in elevation, or places with a beach, I was taken aback by the view with both of those things. On the day the picture was taken, me and my dad took the bus with my uncle Stuart to the school. Despite what he had thought we graduated high school, Stuart never thought he would return to the school, but he no...