Arrival in NZ and first days...

Kia Ora from New Zealand,
that I arrived you probably know already but how I got here was actually a desaster...It took me almost 3 days to get to Auckland and the worst I arrived alone. Liubasik had to prolonger her stay in Europe by 10 days because she needed a transit visa for Australia which we didn´t think of so she didn´t get her boarding pass and had to go to Berlin to get this visa. It worked out so I expect her here the 11th 12.35 local time...FINALLY:-)Looking forward!!!But back to my trip...I started alone from Frankfurt to London Heathrow and there the desaster started! I was supposed to have 2 hours there until my connection flight but out of those 2 hours became 28!!!I thought I´ll never arrive!!!Because of the snow the airport was closed and then the cabin crew ran out of hours...After a very long flight I finally arrived in Sydey where I was supposed to have a connection as well after 2 hours but it took me 8 this time to get on the plane. You can imagine I was totally exhausted and tired when I arrived in Auckland and the last thing that could go wrong was that my suitcase wouldn´t arrive....and surprise surprise it didn´t!!!!So I claimed it as lost luggage and then the lady made my day she said it arrived with an earlier plane and was waiting for me behind the counter...so I got it and went by taxi to the student accomodation which is quite nice but the campus is huge!!Takes me 10-15min by foot to get out of here....The first 2 days here I only slept and since 2 days I started living here as well. I found a supermarket and yesterday I went to the city center for the first time. It takes 20min by bus and the weather is beautiful!!!It´s like 30 degrees and omg how much did I miss this feeling of melting suncream on my skin...beautiful, I´m on holidays:-)
The Food is surprisingly expensive here and they definitely have too much fast food and too less fresh food here. 2 days ago I walked 35 minutes just to get some apples. I also found a kind of shopping center with a cinema in it and since it was closed because of a holiday I decided to go to the movies and see "Yes man"!!!If you want to have fun I strongly recomment this movie!!I somehow reminded me about HRQM:-D(say yes to everything....)
Oh btw to Maria: in the plane I saw "Nights in Rodanthe" with Richard Gere and Diane Lane you have to see it it´s so great but don´t forget the package of tissues;-)
In the city yesterday I followed Hanna´s advice and went to Mrs Higgings....d*** I need a bonuscard for this one. You can buy ovenfresh cookies and they are delicious!!!I also went to Starbucks which is really extremely cheap here in comparison to Europe! I spent some time near the harbour and decided to look for the salsa school and once I found it it was closed. So Monday 6pm I´ll be there again:-)
It was so funny, during the flight to Sydney when we firstly were sitting in the plane for 6 hours before the airline decided not to fly anymore I met an Australian guy who was sitting next to me and 28 hours later I had two Dutch next to me and from Sydney to Auckland I had 3 Swedish girls next to me:-)
Every time I hear this language I miss Helsingborg a lot:-) I had a great time there guys....seriously!!!
Today I want to spend some time at the beach and hoping not to get a sun allergy before Liuba arrives with my medication and for the rest I really need to buy a cellphone number because we need to recharge our electricity with a phone call and I need to do it soon:-)
I´ll pass the number around so you can reach me any time....
I miss you all people....to Liuba: I repeat, come here asap:-)
kisses and hugs from
Van