The flight wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and the people were super nice! We had our own screens in front of us where we could choose whatever movie and TV show we wanted to watch!!! When dinner came, our names were called over the intercom because wonderful priceline.com ordered us "special" meals and embarrassed us!!! When drinks came around, I asked for a glass of wine and right after my glass was filled, the flight attendant dropped the bottle of wine and wine went flying all over my shorts! She was very sorry and brought me club soda which she said was "the miracle for stains"! After asking me over and over, I finally changed into jeans so she could soak my shorts in club soda for a couple hours. There was one flight attendant in particular that was "very friendly" on the plane and there are definitely some stories to go along!!!!
We made it to Auckland and we were loving every minute of it. We arrived around 5:15am local time and went through customs like a breeze (shocking cause we know what they were thinking... hmmmm.... two ex-college kids coming to New Zealand for 9 days... hmmmm....). All went well and we checked-in with the rent-a-car place which by the way is called National in the states and Europcar here in NZ (I didn't forget the "e", it is really missing in the name!). Once we packed the car, (our beautiful "pearl" green Kia Sportage) and gave the map a good look; we were off and ready to see some sights. Well of course, I ended up in the wrong lane and when I needed to make a right, I had to make a left, which put the navigator (Maryann) in a bit of a hustle to figure out an alternative route! We of course had the wonderful opportunity to go through some round-abouts which in way are the most nerve racking things because you need to look to your right but you don't really know if the person is actually going to come towards you until last minute! We saw the Auckland Harbour Bridge with the sun coming up behind, which was gorgeous (pictures to come soon!).
We then went to the grocery store, bought some goods and then hit the town looking for calling cards and a bank to exchange!! We got a little carried away with time and noticed that we were 20 minutes over due for the parking and had to book it to the car before the "Parking Warden" ticketed us, but we made it there before him! Then we were off to Waitomo for the BIG adventure, which Maryann is typing away about a mile minute (or shall I say a kilometer a minute)!
Stay Tuned!!!! Hope everyone is doing great!
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How are New Zealanders at driving? Do you miss CA drivers yet?? Imagine if we had roundabouts here... I hope you continue to have an awesome time! (I didn't have a google account so I used the SAL one)
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