Christchurch, New Zealand Tuesday 4th June Today we flew from Wellington to Christchurch, a 40 minute flight. We jumped on the bus at the airport that took us through the Centre of the City. It was quite surreal to see Christchurch since it was devastated by an earthquake a couple of years back. It had a completely different feel to the last time we were here. Last time we travelled, we spent a couple of days in a busy, beautifully laid out City with gre...

Tuesday 21st May 2013 Hi everyone, Now im sure most of you know by now, but for those of you that don't we have some news. We have decided to head back to Bristol after our holiday in Las Vegas. We have been thinking about it for the last couple of months and we absolutely love Wellington and have made some really good friends, we just miss our family and friends back home a lot. So once our Expression of Interest got accepted and we got invited to apply f...

25th -28th April 2013 - Auckland Hi All, It has been a while since either of us has written a blog, so I thought I would fill you in on our lives in Welly and our little weekend away to Auckland. So as we left you in our last blog we have both been working full time, now been in employment for just over 2 months. Matt finds his job a bit mundane and very easy, but has already had a pay rise so he can't complain. My job is going well, everyone is nice des...

Hey everyone! We thought that we should run an update of our progress since we last blogged. A few things have changed! We are now renting a room from a great couple of a similar age to us & with similar interests & personalities so we are happily settled here, just a stone throw from the City Centre, the night life, the beach, the supermarket & everything else you could ever need. It's incredible. The day obviously had to come when we would ente...

Tuesday 12th February Oh dear, all this not working lark has made us even worse morning people than we were! We dragged ourselves out of bed at the last possible minute ready for our 8.45am flight to Wellington, New Zealand. We were uber excited by the prospect of settling down & experiencing life in the heart of a capital city, so it wasn't all bad. Arlene very kindly dropped us at the airport in plenty of time so we said very quick goodbyes there &a...