Kia Ora, from the southern hemisphere, in the land of the long white cloud. (Aotearoa), We've made it to the other side of earth, down in summer time in the awesome country of New Zealand. We are here for 2 weeks, so wel keep this (relatively) short and sweet to just let you know what we have been up to for the first few days (other than sleep at REALLY weird times... stupid jetlag). We spent the first few days up north of the north island, in the bay of island...

Here we are then, Our first blog entry from LAX, waiting to board our PREMIUM economy (for Bruce's peace of mind) flight to New Zealand... after our brief city tour of San Francisco. We are pretty sure that San Francisco is one of the best places in the states, so its a shame we only had 48 hours to check it out. Although, we did encounter some VERY strange people in the process... We haven't had a fight yet, even with a 24 hour journey without sleep, and gett...

My first entry is a test entry...