Haare Mai Sunday 30th November 2008 It's another blog guys sorry they have come thick and fast but we have done quite a lot the last week or so and want to share it all with you. The last day of spring had crept up on us and it seemed to signal the first day of Christmas here in NZ as today was the 75th annual santa parade and we were heading into the city to watch the spectacle and we didn't know quite what to expect.As we stepped off the ferry you could hear...

Haare Mai Friday 28th November 2008 "Let's Go" I said as the electric gates whirred open and we edged out onto the road with all the windows down to try and cool the inside of the car down.It was 10 am and we knew that the drive to New Plymouth would take at least 5 hours despite being only 215 miles (366km) away. The first part of the journey was the easy bit down highway 1 at a steady 100 km/h then we missed a turning and were driving through Hamilt...

Haare Mai Thursday 27th November Mel had a job interview yesterday and it went really well she was just about offered the post but because she couldn't drive a manual car we are waiting to hear if they will move on grounds of a disability but it seems unlikely.But the experience was good to have and we have to keep plugging away. After last weeks effort at the quiz night in the Masonic,we decided to have another go sure that we could do better than second to ...

Kia Ora Nothing to report much since my dressing down at the doctors so we shall pick it up on Saturday..... Saturday 22nd November 2008 We awoke this morning expecting rain,but again the weather gods were shining on us,I thought that UK meteorologists were bad... Today we took a drive South to Onehunga for a look around now I don't want to do it an injustice but it had a lovely park. We did try our luck in a second hand bookshop but on entering were asked to ...

Kia Ora Thursday 20th November 2008 (the avid readers among you might notice that there is no entry for Wednesday,but nothing much happened so here is Thursday's insight to life in NZ) We were back at the medical centre again for Part II of the tests and to get our results from Tuesday. The doctor called us in together and I sat patiently while she spoke to Mel and went through her results.You will be as pleased to know as she was that everything is functioning...