[katandbob]

hi everyone, well we survived the second leg, it was a LONG walk to the boarding gate from the travel lounge, but the concourses made it easy...tried to sleep it didnt work.

we arrived into Auckland 30mins early and Marie left work early to meet us.....she sneaked up behind me! and I got my big hug :laugh it was so good to see her again.

The process of getting our passports stamped, getting our bags and getting through customs was over in about 10 mins!

and they didnt confiscate Maries Doritos (but the airs all been sucked out of the bags :confused:

The walkers travelled better, so the kids will be happy and theres even some murry mints and a bag of pear drops left.

Marie took a pick of us outside the airport (hope she got my good side!) so I will get her to post it later.

ttfn

Kat and Rob..........boy it feels good to be here at last

[Diny]

Welcome !!!!!!!!! Here at last. Hope the first hours go well and that many good times lay ahead. Look forward to hearing from you.

Diny

[Moorf]

YAY :raebanana WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND!!

Glad you had a good trip and arrived safely, looking forward to meeting you in Chch later in the month. :cheers

[StevieD]

Wahey!! Well done :) Glad to see you arrived safely. I bet you wondering what I doing up at 4.45am reading this? Can't sleep, knee is killing me so came down to have a horse pill :laugh

Good luck guys, enjoy your sleep and whirlwind weeks ahead.

Steve, Jan, Kieran and Louisa XXXX

[sizzlingbadger]

WELCOME TO NZ :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

Hope you enjoy your trip down to Christchurch

[Marie P]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/wilson1964/IMG_0102.jpg

[kiwidebs]

Hi guys

Welcome to winter in Auckland. Isn't the weather gorgeous at the moment (wait five minutes and it might start raining) Glad the flights went ok and hopefully we'll make it to Mission Bay on Sunday to meet up.

Debs

[backtonz]

You chose the best possible day in winter to land in Auckland. Have fun...

[Smiler]

Hi Guys

Welcome to New Zealand :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

It's been glorious in Wellington today 16 degs and very very sunny.

[Kim39]

Welcome to your new home;) Hope the next few days don't fly by you, and your able to take everything in. Will catch up with you soon i would imagine.

Kim

[wilson182]

Welcome to NZ....Hopefully will meet up with you when you come down to Christchurch
Debs

[K&CS]

Welcome to NZ from us too. I'm sorry to say it's been absolutely shocking here today in Chch - let's hope it improves before you get here. Was walking past your furture 'home' in Sumner today! See you soon hopefully

Kate x

[Moorf]

:laugh and Kate, it was gloriously sunny and warm all day here!!

[dawn]

Lucky you! Enjoy your new life :nice1

[zardell]

:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana


Hey...

So glad you made it safe n sound.

Now you go n get a good nights sleep whilst I take Dinah Dog out for her morning walk in the pouring rain...lol

Speak soon,

Julie

xx

[smitjo]

So glad you guys are finally in NZ and the sunshine was there to meet you! :)

Good luck in your new life and enjoy. :nice1

:cheers :cheers to Kat and Bob

[mark & Heather]

hey how did you get pear drops etc through customs !?
When we travelled out there we had to dump our eccles cakes - and there was an old lady behind us in the queue who had her bags searched by sniffer dog --- because she had a real dangerous red apple :D

[Marie P]

They have had to go to bed ,I said stay up as late as you can but they couldn't stop yawning .

After a great meal of Fush ,chips [and mushy peas] ,one of Jub Jub's satsuma's and couple of beers ,

They had a web cam chat with their daughter and saw baby Cole [he is gorgeous ].

Marie [eating Dorito's ;) ]

[marcia]

Well, now you two have left the country the weather is wonderful here!!!! :laugh

Glad to see you arrived safe and sound though a bit sleepy!!

Speak soon

Marcia

[Diny]

Get your thermals on for when you visit us, have woken up to a hard frost this morning - solid ice on the windscreen.

Diny

[StevieD]

Yeah guys, you leave us and the sun starts shining!! :laugh. Been a glorious day here today, and a decent forecast for next week up in the lakes for our little camping jaunt. :nice1

Great to see you sorted, and it looks like Marie is with the Dorito's too :)

Steve, Jan and kids XX

[dawn]

Get your thermals on for when you visit us, have woken up to a hard frost this morning - solid ice on the windscreen.

Diny
That's as shame, it looked so niceon the webcam today http://www.horizons.govt.nz/images/webcam_big.jpg

[Babette & Andy]

Kia Ora!! So glad you guys have made it here, to SUNNY (for the next 10 minutes) AKL. Sure you'll love Mission Bay, will try to make it, but we are likely to doing some exploring the outskirts of AKL this weekend (bank holiday for the Queens Birthday!) Anyway, wishing you all the best and will read your updates with interest.

Babette

[Cardiff Irons]

Welcome to NZ from all of us here in, err, Cardiff. Congrats on finally arriving safe and sound.

I love the piccie of you both at the airport. So much so that I'm considering printing it and replacing your heads with pics of me and Gil :yes).

Looking forward to tales of your progress. All the best.

Steve :nice1

[katandbob]

thanks for the welcome guys.....looking forward to exploring our new home.....when my body clock is running correctly again!

now I better see if I can get back to sleep or I may fall asleep at mission bay!

Kat

[K&CS]

Blimey, you were up early this morning, Kat! I was the other way round with jetlag - couldn't get to sleep till late, but then couldn't get up in the morning either! I'll think of you lying awake tomorrow morning when I'm walking around like a zombie!

Have a good day and make sure you chill out and enjoy it all.

Kate x

[Singel]

We were away and just saw this post.

Kat and Bob, welcome to New Zealand :raebanana :raebanana
So your life adventure started..................... :D
GOOD LUCK :cheers