Hello from the other side of the world!We arrived yesterday after traveling for nearly an entire day. Our plane landed a bit after 6 am...we were tired, but we managed some sleep on the flight despite severe turbulence. Both flights were easy and we didn't experience any problems.
We got our visa stamps and got straight onto a Supershuttle which took us to our hostel. We are staying in Mt.Eden, a suburb, and the Bamber House is lovely. We napped a little and then headed into downtown, where we went to an Asian food court and took a long walk around town.
We went to the Auckland Museum, in the middle of the Auckland Domain. It was a great museum, with lots of natural history and Maori culture. We walked back to the center at dusk, and that is when I took this photo of the SkyTower.
We will be here until Monday morning, and then we leave on our bus tour of the North Island. We are taking the Stray Bus to Hot Water Beach, Rotorua, Waitomo....and then on to Wellington after a week or two. We'll just hop on and off the bus as we please. Should be fun! I'm excited for Rory to see all of the things I was able to experience six years ago.
The only worrying thing at the moment are the prices. New Zealand is really quite expensive, which I didn't notice on my last trip since the exchange rate was so much better. Yesterday morning we shared a breakfast, but it was still nearly 19 NZ dollars. A bottle of soda is between three or four. Looks like we'll be on a tight budget until we get jobs.
Love you all,
and write again soon,
Amy
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