We made it!

So, we made it. The flight was hell- just so long, especially the first leg - london to singapore 13 hours plus 45 sitting on the runway waiting to take off. The A380 plane is cool though- it's like a flying cruise ship with cheesy pictures on the walls and everything.

We got in to Auckland and AJ's dad picked us up and took us to his nans house about 20mins away. Lots of the Auckland relatives came over to see us - which was just about the last thing we felt like doing (i am not at my most sociable after a 26hr flight) so I'm sure I made a great impression. It was good to catch up with AJ's nan again though who is a super cool 84 year old originally from Manchester.

The next day we drove the 5 hours to Napier. It's a really scenic drive and we stopped for a bit in Lake Taupo to get a pie. Steak and cheese. It was fricking awesome.

Since getting to Napier we've done feck all really- got all our boring 'moving to another country papaerwork' done on the first day. It's weird here- you ring up the banks/tax department/licenseing office and a real person answers the phone and everything. People are very friendly- and trusting;
Here's how the conversation in the mobile phone shop went;

Are you employed? NO
Do you have proof of address? NO
How long have you been at that address? 1 day

..Sure you can have a mobile phone contract. Here's a phone, we'll send you the bill in a month.

Other than that we've been just chilling out on the beach, fishing, eating pies, AJ's been eating his body weight in Green shell mussels. That kinda stuff.

Also I have accessed the situation and you can get cheese here. I even found some proper french stuff in a deli - it was in a weird humidor, locked away like some dangerous contraband. Extreme fromage.

Anna x