Hello! Having a lovely time with Miki and Beej and baby Mathias!! We're off to Mainly Music with Mathias today and maybe the Zoo later.... Met up with Heidi for a cup of tea in Newmarket yesterday. I still need to go shopping, need to buy some warm clothes as it's FREEZING here (compared to Cook Islands and Fiji anyway...) and will be much colder when I get to the South Island. But before that, we're off to Mount Ruapehu at the weekend and I might try my hand (or rather feet) at snowboarding! So definitely need to get some kind of jacket and some warm jumpers, and some boots....and hat, scarf and gloves.... bring on the shopping!! So great to be back in New Zealand and back in Auckland with Family Thompson, I'm made to feel so welcome that I know I wont want to leave and go back to hosteling it!! Oh well, it's all part of the adventure!! xoxox