we're here, mate!

after few hours of sleep and too many cheesy in-flight movies, we are in auckland. in one day we managed to get a bank account, a cell phone, and soon a car. of course i found a food festival going on this weekend that jon will be forced to enjoy along with me.
the weather's not too cold but apparently there's snow in christchurch so i'm looking forward to that. but we're still mastering the art of looking right then left before crossing the street. jon almost became roadkill. and while i seem to understand people's accents more than jon, i can't understand exactly what they are trying to say. jon's a good translator.
on sunday we are headed to the northland for some r&r before some more travel.
pictures to come!

-gay