Mum and Dad arrived first thing on 15th, and after a bit of trauma getting to the airport we made it back to our hotel, which you can almost see in the photo! Right on the harbour - amazing location and great views. We've had a great few days, luckily the weather has really perked up, which has allowed Mum and Dad to fall completely in love with the city, and me to decide it's not such a bad place after all - it's a little unfair to a harbour city li...

Auckland...well it's not exactly Sydney. But with a week to kill before Mum and Dad arrive (hooray!) it doesn't matter - I've spent a couple of days here just getting to know it a bit and it's ok. I'm saving the sightseeing for later, but the harbour's pretty enough, the weather's ok (a bit English-early-summer - i.e. one minute beautiful and the next minute overcast, humid and then rainy) and there are plenty or parks and museums and ...