13 hour flight to auckland was not too bad considering the seats were seriously cramped. tablets helped as usual, but we have now ran out of them - susan better bring more over coz i'm getting withdrawl already... watched little miss sunshine on the plane - was good. worth a lookee. got to NZ @ 4am local time and relished over buying english magazines in the airport!
there was a section of the airport with loads of leaflets & free maps and i swear to god, my carry-on bag now weighs more than me, with all the maps we yoinked! we also bought a good NZ map which is similar to the dublin street guide in layout. we should be sorted for the driving now - although i'd love to get one of those GPS yolkies...
just chowed down an egg mcmuffin and we're heading off to christchurch @ 7.50am. we'll be back in auckland at a later stage to enjoy the place and collect sue when she lands. 3 weeks in the south island & 2 weeks in the north island.
