As I sit here in Auckland writing today's blog, I am surrounded by teal colored water, a few white, puffy clouds, a 70 degree day and I'm listening to Christmas music on the docks! It is Christmas here in New Zealand, and the long travel across the world was worth the reward at the end! Colin and I were delayed on both our flights, but managed to get here on time. We almost had to sit in different rows for the first 5 hour leg from NYC to LA, but had the fortune of a gentleman willing to change his seat. Of course Colin ended up by the kids and babies, and I got the seat with him because my seatmate wouldn't switch. But, the kids were really good and there was a cute baby who was so content the entire ride. She did so much better than I did during our 2-3 minute experience with serious turbulence over the Rockies. We had just about 30 minutes to stretch our legs before getting on the plane that would take us 12 hours to New Zealand. We did get seats together on the plane on the second to last row. Our airline, Qantas, was really good and we only had about 2 bouts of serious turbulence during the 12 hours. Colin got about 6-7 hours of sleep and I got about 4, which was pretty good. We got in about 9am local time, and got through immigration and customs in under an hour. We were checked in by 11am. So now, we found free internet at the library and then got more internet when we had lunch at a coffee shop. Now, we are getting ready to take a ferry across the water since it is too irresistible to pass up. Here are a few photos of our journey.
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