Off we go

Hello Friends! Now that I am sitting down with a bit of time to wait I thought I’d be a good time to set up this blog.
We made it to Auckland with no trouble and got into our shuttle to take us to our rental car. Unfortunrlty it was then that our first piece of luggage was left in the bus shelter! We all started feeling a little sick at the thought of that particular hand luggage going missing but with prayer and the help of darkness it all worked out alright as when we zoomed back to the terminal in our rental van  there it was! Tucked in the corner in the shelter. Phew! We all breathed a prayer of thanks and employed Siri to take us to our little motel out in Avondale. It was kind of far away from the airport and might have been more cost effective to stay closer in but nevermind - it was cosy all the same.

We’re all sitting at the international terminal having gone through customs ready to board the flight to Melbourne. There is much excitement about flying on a big plane with our own movie screens! Let’s hope we’ll still be excited about our longer flight out of Aussie.
At Auckland Airport ready to go

First breakfast away from home. An early morning start in Auckland.

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  1. Unknown14 April 2018 at 08:51

    I know all too well that nauseous feeling of losing or forgetting something somewhere in between two nations, separated by large bodies of water in between...

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