A Friend of a Friend of a Friend

Leaving Australia was different. It was hard to believe that we were actually leaving and heading for New Zealand. Quite frankly, it kind of feels like we live in Australia now. At any rate, as we boarded the plane for Auckland, New Zealand, the only thing that we knew was that a friend of a friend of a friend was willing to store some of our bags for us until we finished traveling through New Zealand. When we landed in Auckland, which is on the north island (there are actually two islands--this was news to me!), it was about 80 degrees and a bit muggy. It was 4 p.m. After we went through customs and immigration, ate at McDonald's, and got our rental car, it was around 7 p.m. And then it started to rain. Thankfully, however, the family that was going to watch our bags for us, offered to let us stay at their house for a couple days. You talk about a God send! It was perfect. Better yet, our new hosts are absolutely wonderful people. We stayed up late talking before heading to bed. This is going to be an amazing visit.