...... and the sun is shining! It was REALLY hot yesterday (sorry folks, really not trying to boast!) and looks like today might be similar. Just as well Chris brought the sun creams over in November!
Trouble free flights for the rest of our journey and happily (not to mention amazingly) all our luggage arrived in Auckland! Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Chris' Kindle :-( perhaps it may have enjoyed the security checks too much and decided to stay in the UK. Air NZ staff are on the case so hopefully they may be reunited.
Anyway, we also whizzed through Customs with no problem at all, which was a pleasant surprise. The flight to Christchurch was on time and we ended up sitting next to an ex-pat from Glasgow! We have his number so will probably give him a call soon.
Unfortunately the house next door which was about to be rebuilt when we looked at the house in November is still being built so it is really noisy outside - very like being in Grosvenor Street (although without lorries reversing up the road at all hours, thank goodness). Hopefully they won't work in residential areas at weekends.....
Showers and some food later and we felt a bit more human, though poor Andy is choked with a cold and could hardly speak. Not as much of a relief for Chris as you may think (Oi! - Andy (quietly)) as he kept trying to speak; the man just won't take a hint (Oi again! - Andy). Andy gave in to sleep around 9pm, Chris lasting about another half an hour, so quite a respectable effort.
We are in the process of trying to arrange phone and broadband but it will probably take a few weeks to set up. So regular trips to the library to use their broadband for the time being....
Back to the sunshine :-)
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