we've arrived!

as I type my head is almost nodding off in my lap I'm so tried - we've had 2 nights very little sleep in transit, but hopefully that'll really help avoid jetlag. we had a GREAT journey - beautiful check-in by BA, who weren't able to book us onto our international flights leaving very little time at heathrow to transfer and book, but cathay pacific already had us in a pair of window seats so we got window and isle seast next to eachother for both long hops.

so we're in our little hostel, very cool, much like spiderhouse coffee place in austin for those of you who know it. our twin room has a double and single bed and is quiet and out of the way with fern and trees outside our window, and the so promised bright colour paint is everywhere. we got in at 3pm from the airport and went straight into town for some food & to keep ourselves going til bed-time (giving up soon, it's almost 8pm!). I'm really liking NZ - it's very American in feel on the roads which are wide and signed at all corners and continuously lush and green. the road we walked into town on had lots of coffee shops and funky boutiques. the city jut felt very fresh and alive and not at all concretey. tomorrow we'll return to town and take cheesy pictures by the big tower and contemplate going up tall things and then finding heh quickest way down again!

j x