The "Lost" Day

We have arrived! Abie was happy her fears were unfounded because no sickness and she slept most of the trip. I enjoyed 3 movies and slept a little. The funniest thing was we sat in seats surrounded by a New Zealand futbol team traveling home. They played in the World Cup for under 21s. The head coach had Abie pretend to know one of the other coaches and say hello Jonathan! He was puzzeled and eventually all had a good laugh. It definately is winter here! In fact the headlines told the story of our lost day! Hurricane winds and flooding preceded us, unfortunately canceling our sailing plans. But no worries we wandered around Auckland both by foot and by car. I must say Abie "owns" the wrong side of the road! She has been our driver so far, since 21 years old was the limit for drivers. Yes! I navigated and every streeet seems to automatically change names every few blocks...so, it has been a challenge to stay on the right street. The city is small and not too much traffic so we did fine. It doesn't seem to be a problem here to eat a little less because we keep searching for just the right atmosphere and special foods and keep looking, and looking, and are still looking. We did eat fish and chips at Polminos, a cute restuarant on the harbour, including a New Zealand white wine we shared. Now we will head out to the south looking for tea and scones as we head to our underground spelunking adventure and farm stay. We would love to hear from you all. Shar and Abie