It was an early start for us all in Sydney. We were up at 5am and then into a taxi to the airport. Check in was easy, then a quick bite and coffee and we were on our Emirates A380 to Auckland. Being an A380 there was plenty of room and after watching Star Wars Ep VII we were landing in cloudy and wet Auckland. We took the slow taxi into downtown Auckland. There is a lot of construction going on so a number of roads were closed. In any case we arrived at our ...