Stardome, White, Circus and more

It's been a busy last few days for us down here in Kiwi land. On Thursday night Erin planned a great evening out at the Stardome here in Auckland. Over an hour and 1/2 we learned about the different constellations in the southern sky and then went out side and spotted a number of them through telescopes. We also talked about the various solar systems, subplanets and the sad story of how Pluto was demoted from being considered a Planet.

Friday night was the last night for one of Erin's co-workers Joe who is headed back to the UK and month end drinks for my work. We ended up at the same bar, Dakota, and had a fun night out.


Saturday was filled with a stop at Wendy's to get a burger, fries, coke, (for Jeremy) and a baked potato (for Erin). Then we headed to the ASB Showgrounds for the Travel Expo. We were very excited and had hoped to purchase our flights for our travels through Asia on the way home. Unfortunately after 2 hours of sitting with a Flight Centre agent, the cost of the flight they gave us didn't seem like a very good deal and had us going to Hong Kong 6 times...very strange.

At night we hung out with Gareth and Claire who are winding down their time here in NZ before heading back to Manchester. We went to White which is a fancy restaurant in the Hilton Hotel. It was great food, service and company. During the night we noted many words which are pronounced differently between the UK and the US. One example is the word Tuna. Everyone in the US knows how we pronounce it, but people from the UK pronounce it Ch-una. Interesting.


Sunday was a day spent trying to work on our travel plans and at night we went to see Le Grande Cirque with James and Caroline. It was an absolutely amazing and jaw dropping acrobatic show and we enjoyed it very much.

Now all eyes turn to the big day tomorrow...GO STEELERS!!!