first impressions

bank account?  check.  cell phone? check.  car? check. rental house? check.

                               it's official.                          

                               we're legit. 

so, i sound funny?

i dont know where to find anything in the supermarket?

i drive up on the curb when parallel parking on the left side of the street and constantly flick on my windshield wipers instead of turn signal?

i request a "to go box" and draw blank looks (take away containers only, please)?

i've never heard of 'tasty' cheese (cheddar), 'a cuppa' (tea), a 'flat white' (think latte), 'a long black' (americano),  an 'eftpos' (atm card) or 'fly buys' (frequent shopper card)?

    


        guess what?  here's my street cred:          
                  my very own eftpos


                   yup, i'm a native.





phew, now that we've gotten all of that out of the way, let's get down to business...

don't be fooled by this:

 
it only lasted for a minute. 

mostly, we had this.  

accompanied by movie, after seat-back movie, after seat-back movie. 
ok, zoe did lie down and snooze for a bit cradled in our fancy air new zealand sky couch.

anyway, after 24 hours or so, we arrived in wellington happy and tired, and no worse for the wear.  napped and showered, we headed out for a delicious pan-asian feast at chow's.  ginger leek gyoza, sesame soba noodles, yellow curry, and asian greens slurped up by one and all.

check out this dexterity:

stay tuned for wellington and nelson adventures....