Well the big day has arrived and went. Yesterday, the wedding, the reason I flew around the world, was lovely. It was a bit of an overcast day but this picture was taken during a break in the weather outside of the church. The whole day was just great. JP and Lucy really had a great time and all the plans came together for them. Lucy and her mum's planning paid off and the day was a very memorable one. The ceremony was 1 hour and 40 minutes and it was great....

Hello to everyone! It's Saturday here, but yesterday as I eluded to before was a great day seeing much more of Auckland. This picture I choose was from the ferry ride to Waiheke Island. We had to take a 40 minute ferry to the island and we passed many neat areas along the way. This picture was from another side island and I just loved the cliffs. I also took many pictures of downtown Auckland from the boat. I'm going to post some pictures on the photo sectio...

Good Morning! Today is Friday here. I had a great day yesterday despite it being rainy. It rained most of the day and certainly felt wintry. This picture is looking at the Auckland Harbor. I went with some others down to the harbor today to the Maritime Museum called - Voyager. We changed plans from doing our hike for maybe on Saturday instead. It was a really nice museum. Since New Zealand is an island, shipping and boats have played a major part in its h...

Well after a long journey I made it! We arrived in Auckland at 5:30 am local time Wednesday. It is now 3:22am Thursday here, the time change is difficult to keep up with. Our flight was amazing except for a 1 hour period of rough turbulence just about over the International date line. I need to tell you in a nutshell - I don't like turbulence. Needless to say, I was glad to land safely. JP, Lucy, and her parents Helen and Clive met us after customs at the airpo...