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Sir
27th September 2006, 09:29 PM
After a 30hour flight and 2 days later (with time difference) we arrived in Auckland. :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana What a trip is was. We flew Air Emirates and to be honest if you have kids...MAKE SURE you confirm everything a couple of the times with the airline before hand. After confirming Lloyds Child meal before we left South Africa, we were told "sorry, no more kids meals"....so for Lunch and dinner he had cream crackers and cheese. When we landed in Dubai I managed to confirm the kIds meal for the rest of the journey...mind you cannot complain to much as we had 97kg of luggage and didn't get any complaints...hahaha.

Ok..so we arrived in Auckland...what a beautiful country...everything is so clean and fresh. We spent the weekend driving around the surrounding suburbs, looking at the schools and pricing cars.

This week we have to find a house to rent, as the schools start on the 9th of October, and they will only enrol your child if you have a rental agreement proving that you live in the schools zone...so house hunting we go.

My OH started his new job on Monday in Auckland CBD...and is now getting used to the bus service this side until we have found the car we are looking for.

And for those of you from South Africa....it is amazing...soooo safe. The Parks are amazing. On every corner there is a sports field, playground, etc. You can take long leisurely walks and feel safe.

Think I am still on a high for all that surrounds me...unfortunately soon, once Lloyd is settled at school, it'll be my turn to job hunt...but loving it for the moment.

Just a little update to let you all know that we have arrived
Ian, Candice and LLoyd

Trigirl
27th September 2006, 09:41 PM
congratulations! you made it!

i hope the house hunting goes well and Lloyd enjoys his new school.

Marie P
27th September 2006, 10:53 PM
Welcome to Auckland :nice1

There is a meet next month in Auckland ,hope to see you there .

Marie x

Smiler
28th September 2006, 05:24 AM
Welcome to New Zealand, Sir. :raebanana:raebanana

Goood luck with all the job, house, school hunting. :nice1

Diny
28th September 2006, 08:08 AM
Good to read your update - hope all continues to go well.

Diny

Hannah
28th September 2006, 08:17 AM
Welcome Ian, Candice and Lloyd

Glad to hear that you feel so safe. Keep us posted....

hannah

Nienke
28th September 2006, 03:34 PM
Welcome to Auckland! Whereabouts are you looking for a house?

Bergita
28th September 2006, 04:17 PM
Hooray!! I'm so glad you're there! Well done. Good luck with the school and house hunting.

Bruckner
29th September 2006, 11:02 AM
Congratulations Ian, Candice and Lloyd! Keep us posted on your progress.

Emily

Babette & Andy
29th September 2006, 04:57 PM
Welcome to AKL!! Hope you'll find a nice rental soon. As said above, we (AKL forumites) are having a meet on the 15th of October - see thread in the meets section. Would be great to see you there!

Babette

Soon2baKiwi
29th September 2006, 10:11 PM
Hiya. Welcome. It is lovely here isn't it? The weather has been just fantastic this last week and every evening coming home from work the smell of jasmine has been getting stronger and stronger - I'm in heaven :clap Whereabouts are you?

Sir
5th October 2006, 10:07 AM
Thank you all for your well wishes...well, we have been here 2 weeks already cannot believe it!!! OH's job is going well, and I am busy doing the job hunt and interview thing at the moment. We have seen a couple rentals...but nothing to our liking. We are looking at the MT Eden / Epsom area...so really tough to find a decent place (for a decent price of course...hahaha).

Anyone on the forum, staying in Mt Eden / Epsom???

Looking forwards to the meet on the 15th...will let you know the update of the job thing...hold thumbs :nice1

StevieD
5th October 2006, 06:49 PM
Good luck in your new life!! :nice1

jubjub
5th October 2006, 07:27 PM
See you next weekend...

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