Back to the Hooper Hotel yay!! Trudi and Kev came out to the bus stop at 6.30 am to pick us up!! It was literally the nicest thing (especially after nightmare bus) to have a proper shower and sleep in a proper bed! After a bit of a nap, mel and i headed into town to finish off our souvenir shopping and get our sweet as hoodies :) It was a busy weekend for the hoopers as they were holding an engagement party for lisas brother scott! In my opinion, we were probab...

Just catching up the blog from our last day in Auckland. I think I last wrote when we'd got back from Piha. I logged off quickly so Trudy and Kev (Lisa's parents) could take me and Anna to the botanical gardens they have pretty much on their doorstep. Not to claim I know much about plants - however Anna was very impressed! She seemed to like a lot of the green plants and took a fair few photos lol, I just thought some of the flowers looked pretty and dodged the ...

Im sitting at the computer in Lisas in the sun - Ive really missed sun! Lisa and Sam took us for a drive around yesterday where we went and had an icecream on the beach and saw One Tree Hill. Its literally a massive hill - I think it used to have a tree on it but now theres a pointy big memorial pillar on the top of the hill... It has great views anyhow from the top so it was a nice walk up. We also had some encounters with some not so friendly sheep on the way ...

So we're in New Zealand! It took us 23 hours of flying - pretty horrific! In flight entertainment was amazing though! Mel and I didnt sleep much but anna got a fair amount. Funnily enough, its anna whos napping now as well! At the moment we're at Lisa's (a friend of mine) at a wonderful house. She and Sam picked us up from the airport without any problems and weve had showers etc. Were planning on taking a bit of a nap and then going out to the park/botanical...