Auckland, New Zealand

These are pics of Karen's fam out at the motorcross speedway. Karen's nephew was racing so we went for about a 2 hr drive south of Auckland near Hamilton. The drive was gorgeous as we were able to have a first glimpse of NZ's beauty. No pics of that though, it was pretty early in the morning and we weren't feeling too spry. Maybe the jetlag...and further on are a few pics of Auckland city when we went exploring with our fabulous Toyota Funcargo rental. What a hot car. People star at us everywhere we go. Must be jealous, we know you all are...that thing sure can rip around. Jodi's getting quite good at driving on the wrong side of the road! We are just trying to get our selves sorted with a place to live and possibly a job sometime, we now have a cell phone which is pretty exciting. One thing at a time and we will post more as we go. Right now we are staying in Manukau which is about 15-20min from city center. Karen's parents have generously taken us in and are feeding us very well and showing us around town. We went for Father's Day breaky today. Other than that we have been driving around in our sexy beast of a car sussing out the city and where we would like to set up, and trying to not get lost (there are lots of hills and bridges here). Gonna go for a drive down by the bay (haha) for real though. So more later when we've actually accomplished something!!
































Jodi with our rental car "Sluey" and the Korean and Chinese exchange students. What makes our Jode happier? You pick. GOOOOO All Blacks!!!

(more pics coming for you Karen!)

We have arrived! The clean, fresh air is somehting we have not experienced for quite some time. Soooo Good. Feels like home. A little cool (13 degrees), but definately welcomed after having to constantly mop sweat off our faces for the past couple months. After being awake for nearly 36 hours now, we are off to bed... more to come soon!