Tuesday, April 3rd 2007

Well, after many hours of traveling, we finally made it. Actually the hours that we spent on the plane apx. 19 went by very very fast. We slept a little bit on the first 6 hours and on the 13 hour leg we probably slept for 7 or 8 hours which was nice. The rest of the time, we either were eating or watching a movie. Surprisingly we didn't listen to our ipod's or play any games. The qantas flight was good, but the knee room is something to be desired. I had the aisle so I had my leg out in it the whole time. The exit rows have more leg room, but the arm rests go to the floor so I didn't want one of those seats because I usually feel too restricted.

After landing in Auckland, it took us about an hour and 1/2 to clear customs, immigration and get ALL our luggage. (but it all made it which is great). We headed up to our hotel room which is on the top floor (23). We weren't sure what to expect, but as we walked in, we realized that our condo in Boston isn't that small. We are in a studio place that is about the size of our room with a balcony when we were on the cruise ship 3 years ago. We weren't even sure all our luggage would fit in here. But, the place is nice, has a balcony and will be fine for us for the next few weeks until we find a place of our own.

Today we will do some walking and go visit the bank so we can sign some documents and officially open our account. Hopefully we will be able to find a place to watch the final basketball game as well. GO FLORIDA!

Tomorrow Erin has her first interview and then we are going on a city tour with Libby (our tour guide and "rental agent"). Hopefully we will see some nice places and start to get a feel for what we want. Also tomorrow we will be getting our rental car, that'll be interesting with the whole opposite side of the road driving thing.

It's tuesday morning here @ 8:20 and I'm watching cricket on TV. Still not sure the rules, but there is a big tournament going on and I was watching the NZ game.