I am seriously fighting jet lag so please forgive me if this post is a little garbled and lacking the oh so awaited pictures. At home in waterloo this post is being made at 2:40, here in Wellington it is only 8:40pm on Thursday so I'm trying to hold off a bit before I go to sleep.
The flights were long but good and after making friends with a 60-something-year-old business man I had companionship and good advice as I went through customs and layovers. I did not get his name but the casual conversation never seemed to require an introduction. I know he is a specialised optomotrist from Michigan and as such actually had heard of Waterloo without me also mentioning Kitchener. I spent roughly 19hrs on planes and about 26hrs inside. When I transfered flights in Auckland I took advantage and walked to the domestic terminal.
Arriving looked amazing, with the skies slightly overcast we had to cut through the ice cream scoop clouds to see the green of the island below. Pulling up to the airport however were fields of cows (much to my dissapointment) so I have yet to see a sheep. I promise I will post pictures soon!
To pass my day I wandered aimlessly around the city fighting exhaustion and was a little put out to come across a Burger King, a McDonalds and a Starbucks within mere blocks of each other and the hostel. I don't know why but I just didn't expect them here. I took a walk along the warf and marveled at how athletic Kiwi's are. Everyone seemed to be running, swimming or biking along.
I also started to check out the museum (Te Papa?) and will revisit tomorrow to get the floors I missed while it was closing. For anyone with a tendency to worry, I wont be heading near Christchurch anytime in the near future. Everything is closed down that way and I will be on the North Island until at least March 29th.
Hope everyone back home is well, more adventures later.
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