Last

Crikey! Today is the end of our NZ adventure! Sometime during the night tonight, we are to up and quit the hotel and trug along to the airport to catch our flight to Ozland. Wow, its so crazy!

The last few days have been relaxed, we took in the sales on Boxing Day (there is a reason NZ has no large presence on the international fashion scene) and enjoyed the sunshine on our balcony. We continued to stuff ourselves with leftovers and then made all the rest of the leftovers into sandwiches, so as to carry them easily when we checked-out of the Suites to go and check-in at the Mercure down the road. The Mercure has the biggest bed ever, rivalling King Henry VIII's mega-bed. A definate update in luxury from the tent! We went out of Auckland yesterday on the bus to Onehunga, and while there we visited the outlet stores and Alex found a new t-shirt and board shorts at uber cheap prices to replace the old battered ones that have accompanied him on this trip. Its amazing we navigated our way their and back, as the bus drivers for some odd reason refused point blank to actually talk to us when we asked if this was the right bus/correct stop/time to return. Luckily however, they did respond to the other couple on the bus, who had the same destination in mind, so we were able to listen in on their (detailed and friendly) directions and follow them when we got lost and confused.

Today, we plan to wind up any loose threads here in Auckland. We have to go and check our postbox and give them a forwarding address. We need to give notice on our internet plan with Vodafone. We need to sort and pack our stuff. We definately will be needing snackage for later. Other than that, we'll just give Auckland a last wander round, check out some of our favourite places and get ready to move on to the next big adventure awaiting us across the Tasman!

P.S. Hope you like the new Oz-stylee layout! Also, check out the new pics on Flickr from our Christmas fun.