Ok- so it wasn't quite 80 hours, but it was long. After over 20 hours of travel, Mrs. Paddler and I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand. It is great here- more on Auckland in later posts. It is still amazing to me that we were in New York less than a day ago. An Airbus 230 sure can make the world feel small. We were greeted by the Penney's at the airport- and it is so good to see them again. We went back to their place, only blocks from the Auckland waterfront. After, we went for a long walk and stopped for coffee to stay awake. It is our goal to stay up today as long as possible to get ourselves on kiwi time. So far so good. It feels great to be in New Zealand.
On a side note, yesterday, just before we were leaving, we saw on the news that a commuter plane and tourist helicopter collided and fell into Hoboken's waterfront. Tragically, nine people died. Debris fell along Frank Sinatra Drive. On most Saturdays I would have been paddling where the aircrafts crashed. Even more strange, the news of the accident arrived in NZ before we did, the pilot of the helicopter was a Kiwi. Small world indeed.
Nice to have you guys here. We hope you enjoy it even though the weather might get a little fruity.
ReplyDeleteThey have "Penney's" in the airport their? If I had only known...
ReplyDelete-Luke Sidewalker
Obviously that should read "there", before my naysayers jump all over my grammar again...
ReplyDelete-Luke Sidewalker
So, have you completed the experiment on the direction of cyclonic drainage?
ReplyDeleteActually it should be 'Penneys' - the apostrophe before the s denotes possesion, ie. the Penney's dog met us at the airport. A typo by the editor I think.
ReplyDeletePenneys, without the apostrophe, we all know is plural, which again is playing a bit loose with the rules as Anna isn't one. She is a Bostock. I am the only Penney in the village.