AKL to WLG to road trip!

We flew from Auckland to Wellington early Saturday morning to relocate a car back to Auckland. The early morning Uber ride was ... terrifying. Along with the typical driving skills of a Prius driver, our driver was also falling asleep at the wheel. Thankfully we made it unscathed and our pilot was not as sleepy as our driver. :)

It was a fantastic drive full of lovely countryside, grazing sheep, cows in the road, the world's longest place name. Why drive straight when there are so many cool things to see?!

And, on our flight down, I found what some of our next adventures are going to be!

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Australia is...

beautiful extreme (google: 'Australia & poisonous'; image search: 'Australia & outback') unique from any place i've ever seen similar to every place i've ever seen simple and laid back difficult and uptight lonely eye-opening ... Closing thought that is completely unrelated: my current career is cool. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6471241.stm

turkey day in Oz - one day late

Brendan and I decided to attempt to cook a Thanksgiving meal with our minimal cookware in Australia (no, we still have not gotten our furniture). It was one day late because we opted to go out for drinks with some friends on Thursday. So, on Friday in 3 pots and 1 pan, we managed to make a feast of chicken (turkeys are too expensive here!), stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, gravy, and apple pie. The source of some of the food was a bit dodgy, but dammit it tasted good (the secret was lots of butter and Sara Lee pie). Brendan carving the chicken, our serving platter, and our feast on our dining room table. We also used the good china.

i love big machines

I am not a huge fan of on-line Christmas shopping, but I have to admit that Amazon has made my life pretty easy today. It also amused me by knowing me so well...

kangaroo sightings

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