Here is our final stop in New Zealand. Auckland. City Of Sails. This city has one of the largest amounts of sail boats in it's harbor of almost any city in the world. It's a harbor town that has grown well beyond it's sea faring routes. It's New Zealand's largest city and is definitely their multi cultural hub of the country. We've been here a few days now and really have enjoyed ourselves. It's kind of like Melbourne, but much more toned down.

We spent the first day or so exploring the downtown area around our hotel. We walked down to the harbor area and did a lot of exploring. There is a lot of harbor to explore. Hotels, restaurants, boats, bars, shops. It's all there. We noticed how many active runners and cyclists were here as well, than realized there's a huge ironman taking place in a couple of days. Wi-Fi is definitely much easier to come by, albeit in short spurts. The downtown area is one big Wi-Fi zone. Anyone can have Wi-Fi for about 30 minutes for free. After that you have to find a coffee shop or MacDonald's with Wi-Fi.

Auckland is a hip and fresh downtown. There's loads of little food courts and places to eat. Lots of shopping of all kinds all within a few blocks of each other. The main street we spent a lot of time on is Queen Street (kinda like Toronto, eh?). We had the real deal on Turkish food, Japanese food, and Mexican food. Honestly, that's what's here! Want a kiwi burger? Go to Burger King! I'm not making that up. Given New Zealand's zeal for organically sourced food, all the food here tastes amazing!

Our first night we needed internet access to get some planning done. Didn't find a café at this point, so we went to the convenient store around the corner and used their "internet stations". It's so 1999! Only dingier since all of buddy's inventory was in boxes behind us. We bought an hour and sat in front of an 8 year old computer to get our stuff done.

We spent a day visiting Devonport Island, an island about 11 minutes from the main dock by ferry. It's a beautiful island with some parks and beautiful old architecture from 1800's. Rows and rows of streets full of café's and little boutique shops with unique wares. It's very hilly, which gives it some of the best views in town. People do live on this little island, but at a considerable expense, especially if you consider taking the ferry to work every day.

Next day was spent at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Aquarium. This place was very cool! First off, we were driven there in their shark bus. That's right, a bus that's a shark! Excited yet? When we got there we went in and saw how the Antarctic explorers lived and all the equipment they used. Very interesting and educational. Let's just say these guys must have loved what they did in order to willfully suffer scurvy and malnutrition to understand the Antarctic. Once through the history lesson, we saw the amazing penguins! These penguins were much larger than the ones on Phillip Island. They had King Penguins, just like in Happy Feet. Beautiful large penguins about 1.5 meters tall with bright orange feathers. Very regal when standing there, which they did a lot. After penguins it's into the shark tunnel! There's a large glass tunnel that runs along the bottom of the shark aquarium. The tunnel has a conveyor belt we stand on that takes us through while we literally hang out in the living environment of sharks, large fish, and stingrays. It was amazing seeing these scary and daunting creatures from their belly and sides, not something you can do easily. The sharks looked mean and scary, the large fish were, well, large. The stingrays were unreal! They moved through the water like sheets of silk.  It was mesmerizing just to watch them. We went around the tunnel 2-3 times to get all the shots and enjoy these marvelous creatures. We later went to the gift shop where Mr. Moo made lots of friends.

Our final day in Auckland was spent shopping on the main streets and sampling the city culture more like a local than anything else. I can honestly say after all the time we spent in New Zealand exploring it the way we did we started to feel like locals. The warmth of the people, the vibe of the cities, driving the roads and experiencing the countryside and cities as we did really brought us closer to this country in a way I don’t remember doing before. As we say farewell to New Zealand we do so feeling more like old friends than casual acquaintances.

We are now heading to Sydney for 4 days of excitement. Take care.

AK & AB





Okay! Anyone who knows me know this is definitely something I've been looking forward to for a long time. This is our visit to Hobbiton! This is where the filming for Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings trilogy and the recently released The Hobbit movie. Everyone knows the films were all done in New Zealand in various locations. The village of Hobbiton (which is now actually on the map of New Zealand) was filmed on a locally owned sheep farm. The farm is 1250 acres in size. They have over 13,000 sheep and 4,000 head of cattle. The Hobbit movie set takes up all of 10.5 acres of it. Clearly the sheep have managed to work around it, and when I say work, I mean eat and sleep.

We arrived at the farm and I was very eager to get going. The bus came and grabbed us and took us down a path so narrow and windy only mountain goats should be walking on it. The drivers drove it at full speed while giving us fun facts about the film and what went into it. They had about 400 people on site every day. The whole set had to be torn down and built from scratch from the first movie. The big oak over a Bag End isn't real. Etc...

Our tour guide was a very funny guy who clearly knows his stuff and has seen his share of LOTR fanatics. He told us some good stories of those. He also looked a lot like Clark Gable, but frankly my drear, most people didn't give a damn. It was an unreal tour. We were literally taking a stroll through Hobbiton! There are 44 hobbit holes in total. On the first movie there were only 32. When they started building for the new movie they destroyed all the old ones and rebuilt them all. Reason being was for consistency and quality.

We walked up and down all the paths and took loads of pictures. It was so peaceful and scenic. It's just amazing how much work really goes into all the details and special effects. The way they aged the fences (wood shavings, yoghurt, and paint). How they built the great oak (found a suitable tree somewhere else, photographed it, cut it down, marked and mapped every branch, transported it, and reassembled it exactly on site) and so on. There was a lot of information. The best thing about the tour was just strolling through the real Hobbiton with like minded people enjoying the scenery. We hung out in front of bag end, Sam's house, and the party tree and area where they celebrated Bilbo's "one hundred and eleventy-first" birthday!

The final part of the tour was my favorite. We stopped and had a drink at The Green Dragon! For those who don't know, the Green Dragon is the bar where the hobbits did all their drinking in the movie. It's a fun and festive place. Until about a month ago the Green Dragon wasn't open to the public. People had to look at it from across the bridge. Now they've completed the inside and turned it into a Pub. It's complete with a complimentary bevy. Drinking at The Green Dragon! Doesn't get much better than that!

The day ended with some good stories for fanatics. There are two I'll share with you. The first is of a German man who came in full hobbit uniform. He had the entire outfit like he was in the movie. The only issue with his outfit was him. Hobbits are short and this man is over 2.2 Meters tall (about 7'2" high). The most fanatical were a couple who spoke the language of the elves fluently. Like for real. For the duration of the tour, the husband translated everything the tour guide was saying in elvish for his wife. Hilarious!

That's Hobbiton. I really held back because I am a fan of the movies. It was very exciting to capture movie magic in person and get taste of what it was to be part of Middle Earth.

Enjoy just some of the pictures.


Ali
When we last wrote we were flying to Auckland to get our replacement van from Wicked Campers. The whole flight was only about an hour and it was very inexpensive. We arrived in Auckland a little worse for wear and still unhappy with how this has turned out. The driver was good and reminded us how lucky we were that none of us got hurt. Hearing that made us realize we were caught up in sorting everything out that we didn't stop to be thankful for our health.

We arrived at Wicked Campers depot and picked up our replacement van. The guys there were very nice to us. They had our van ready to go for us and even offered to let us stay in the depot overnight. It is a camper van after all. This did help out a lot. It was late and we were tired. We gassed up the van and spent the night in a van depot. As it turns out it wasn't half bad. Jat & April were very welcoming. They invited us in for beer and to hang out. They had beer for us, and we spent the night chatting away about life and the differences between Canada, England, and New Zealand. It was a very nice night. The end of the day this whole experience has brought us much closer to the locals and really gave us a taste of what life and people of New Zealand are all about. They are still the genuinely nicest people on earth.

The next day, we drove to Hobbiton to see the village of the Hobbits. There's a separate blog about that one.

We ended up in the Top 10 Holiday Camp site in Rotorua. This was by far the best of the bunch. Free wi-fi, new bathrooms with loads of space for everyone, nice BBQ's and kitchen, and a great TV lounge with internet kiosks if need be. This was the full service camp site if there ever was one. On top of all that they had for free a large swimming pool and 2 mineral pools. In any of these mineral pools, be careful as putting your head in the water will give you "amoebic meningitis". Best keep your head above water. When we arrived we were tired from a lot of driving and sleeping in a van depot the night before. Felt a little like we were on the run from the authorities, but alas, life just isn't that exciting. We used the mineral pools, and man were they nice! Relaxing and very stinky!

Next day we sampled the town. Rotorua is a tourist town that attracts visitors from all over Europe and Asia. We noticed a particular concentration from Germany and China.  It felt like most people in the camp were German. I double checked Google Maps to make sure we were still in New Zealand and not Bahn, Germany. Luckily it confirmed our location, right before telling us that we used our internet quota and could no longer do any of our other online activities. Naturally, Anna was so pleased with this result! What attracts people here are the thermal pools and incredible spas. The whole town smells like a sulfur due to the amount of pools they have. This is a result of it being an active volcano back in the late 1800's.

We decided on a couple of attractions. The first was "Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland". This place is full of sulfur pools beautiful pathways. The intense smell of sulfur (imagine the smell of the Banff Springs, but magnified by 10). It's a lot like a constant fart coming from the earth that just never quits. The path ways were beautiful and the pools were so many different colours it was quite impressive. I didn't realize nature did a lot of the things it does here. You have to be careful here as the ground around the pools and along the vast sulfur pools is quite hot (over 100 degrees celsius) and unstable. Most of the pools are craters that formed as late as 1968. The colours are of lime green, lemon yellow, brick red, and cream of mushroom. Mist fills the air with adding a visual element to that pungent smell previously described. 3kms of paths took us about an hour and a bit. It was a very worthwhile tour. If we came earlier, say 9:45am, we could've seen the geysers shooting out of the ground. 

We drove around looking for the gondola using our GPS. The GPS decided to play smart ass and instead of taking us to the bottom of the gondola, it took us beyond the top! We spent a fair bit of time driving through suburbs and school zones and up, up, up these windy hills and roads until we realized we were literally on top of the damn thing! No use paying $50 riding it now!

The last activity was The Polynesian Spa. It is an incredible spa and a world top 10. We went to use their extensive network of thermal pools that look into a volcanic lake. We entered the adult spa that has no less than 6 pools. All ranging from 38 to 42 degrees. There were hot pools, cascading pools, large pools, small pools, all with a view. It was a very relaxing and incredible experience. If you only do one thing in this town, try out the spa pools. They are incredible!

Well that's it for our time in Rotorua. Next stop is to take back the party van and say hello to Auckland!







Enthusiastically Optimistic

Wow! I can honestly tell you I was really looking forward to Wellington. This is the home of the Lord Of The Rings movie franchise! Wellington is where Peter Jackson lives and where the Weta Workshop is located that does all the special effects for many Hollywood movies.

Cautiously Optimistic

The ferry ridge was interesting. I've never been on a ferry before, especially not one where you drive your car on to it. How was it? Smelly! The parking bay just smelled plain bad! We parked our van and made our way up top to the observation deck. The scenery was nice and a bit freezing, only 3 hours to go!

We arrived and drove out of the ferry to our next Top 10 Campsite (they're literally called "Top 10". You can look them up. There's about 50 of them all around New Zealand. How they could all be top 10 escapes me, but I digress). This was the worst one of all we've seen so far. It didn't help that when we got there it started to rain, when I say rain, I mean pouring, won’t stop rain. We called the Lord Of The Rings tours and found they were all full not to mention it was raining all day tomorrow. Ah well, we'll do the WETA Cave and head out and leave town.

The Next Day…Optimism Neutralized!

What happened? Well we started out thinking we'll have some shopping to do and head out on the road. It started out okay. Out on the road we went, heading to downtown Wellington. This is when we realized Wellington doesn't like us much. We were at a large intersection when the light turned green we started moving along with traffic. Out of the corner of my eye on the left I see this silver car just barreling at us! I hit the brakes and the car slams right into our van!! Right in the middle of the intersection we're sitting there. She realizes what she's done and starts sobbing with her head in her hands. We got out and surveyed the damage. Her car had a serious corner bump which may affect her ability to steer. Ours, well, "It's dead Jim!" The entire front end looked like it was wrapped around a flag pole and kicked with a rugby cleat for good measure. This was the final ride for Nathan The Emu. The engine is leaking everything everywhere! The police got there, along with the fire department and ambulance. It looked like a bomb went off somewhere.

Vern Our Hero!

After a couple hours in waiting to hear back on what our next steps and for Anna to calm down a bit. Especially since we remembered what the they told us when we rented the van, "Just remember that New Zealanders get their license at age 15 and that auto insurance is NOT compulsory." We finally spoke with the rental company, they told us to just meet Vern and he would help. Vern turned to be our hero and totally saved our asses! He took the van and ourselves to his shop. When we got there he let us use his office to speak with the rental company. Basically our option was to fly to Auckland and they'll have a van for us there. Luckily we bought the expensive insurance so we wouldn’t have to pay for Nathan, not that it was our fault.  Sadly Nathan died with a full tank of gas (which cost us $108 by the way at 2.15/litre). Using Vern's place we booked our flight to Auckland on Jetstar, packed up our things from Nathan (bedding and food included) and Vern  drove us to the airport. It turns out he's half Mauri (pronounced "Maudi". The "R" is rolled pretty hard) and explained a lot to us about their culture and how their people co exist with the gov't. It was very refreshing and fascinating to hear their story and compare it to Canada's. Let's just say Canada can learn a lot from New Zealand on how to respect native people and their culture. We also spoke a lot about beer. New Zealanders love their beer as much as Canadians do! The man saved our asses and got us to the airport as well as gave us a lot of info about the country. He definitely made the whole experience much better and more memorable. Thanks Vern!!

Eulogy For Nathan The Emu

We are gathered here today to lay to rest Nathan The Emu. He was a great van. One of the first for Wicked Campers. Through his bravery and pioneering spirit he helped set a trend and spread the word on Wicked Campers, allowing them to grow to become the company they are today. He ferried his passengers with that "retro flare & gusto" as best he could with a small 1.4 liter engine. Not built for camping, he took it on with flare and dignity. Nathan's life was ended by an errant vehicle barreling at it with vile, venomous disdain with but one wish! To end the life of Nathan The Emu! It may have succeeded, but Nathan was brave and put up a great fight. Not backing down and taking to the silver offender with aplomb. Nathan is survived by the people of Wicked Campers and the many campers who have had the privilege of being sheltered and transported by him.

Ali
All pictures are (c) Anna


Oh the land of sheep and more sheep. New Zealand is truly breath taking. Long, narrow, windy roads, beautiful scenery. We landed Christchurch late Friday night and had some challenges getting to the motel and checking in. Turns out New Zealand shuts down at 9pm, literally! When we woke him up I felt like we were Cratchet and he was about to fire us for not working Christmas Day!  

The next day we got our campa! That's how they say it here. It's our very own wicked camper van! If you ever wanted to be a hippie and make people think you smoke a lot of pot, this is the van to get. It's spray painted with Emus all over. We named it Nathan the Emu. It's a beat up old van that's probably older than Anna and drives terribly slow along the highway. I have to turn off the over drive just to get up the hills. Older people, explain to the young people what that means and why it's important.  Christchurch is a nice little town probably about 30,000 people strong. It has been devastated by 2 massive earth quakes: one in 2010 and another in 2011. They've never had me before. These earthquakes pretty much leveled their downtown and it was mostly in ruin when we got there. It's called the Red Zone now. The iconic church I believe is no longer there.

We made out way to Wicked Campers, the camper rental van company that had all those cool painted vans we were seeing on the Great Ocean Road. We arrived about half hour before closing time, around 11:30am. It looked a lot like the 60's in there, like the 60's you imagine with bell bottoms, hippie vans, and lots of weed. The inside of the van has built in wood shelves and a convertible table. The back of the van is a little kitchenette with a propane burner, a cooler, and a manual sink. We were excited. It's funky looking, really old school, and drives like an old van should, bumpy and huffing up every incline it meets like a 4 pack a day smoker.

We spent some time at the local "Pac N' Save" getting groceries for the week. It's like our Costco, but no membership fees and much more cheese to choose from. They also had some really cool flavores of sausages that I was very excited to try! Than we shopped at a place called "Warehouse". It's a lot like our Walmart. The mattress and sheets were not exactly inspiring confidence in the hygiene of the previous travelers. We bought some pillows, sheets, and towels.

From Christchurch we drove and drove the countryside. They could've filmed Lord Of The Rings anywhere in New Zealand. They have such grand vistas and undisturbed landscape full of sheep. Sheep sheep everywhere! More than people I think. It gets more beautiful the further north you go from the looks of it. We ended up in Kaikoura, which literally translates into "eat more crayfish!". Yes please! The next day we did just that. Mmmmmmm crayfish. They sell them here all over the place like BC fruit stand vendors.

That night we started a pattern of staying at these camp sites called Top 10. They are the fanciest campsites ever, comes with great kitchens, tv rooms, washrooms, showers, pools etc!

In the morning we drove until we landed in Picton, a quiet little port town that houses the ferry to the north island, but it wasn't quiet at all. An air raid siren was shouting right next to our van the minute we arrived. We thought at first that the Aussies were coming to bomb us with cricket paddles and rugby balls! Turns out it was the fire department, but the Aussie bombing would've  been more fun. A great publicity stunt for any upcoming matches they may have. 

Picton is a very nice little town that reminds us of Banff, but smaller with better food. We learned that coffee here isn't what it is in Canada. All black coffees are double espresso shots, no exceptions! A white coffee is a latte. We didn't have time to translate the rest. Amazing food and a nice little inlet where we can watch the ferries come and go.  Now we're saying goodbye to the South Island and hello to Wellington. We'll tell you about the ferry ride and Wellington next. See you soon. 




AK & AB
It is considered one of the most picturesque drives in the world. I haven't been on too many long drives, but I can tell you it is the most beautiful drive I've ever been on. The first day started in Melbourne where I went to pick up the car. Downtown Melbourne is pretty chaotic to begin with, but learning how to drive a car on the other side of the road while sitting in the right side of the car is quite a challenge! Especially when learning in a very difficult driving environment where the rules are different. Let's just    say you develop a thick skin. 

Driving out on the ocean road was something else. It's just like in the movies. Grand vistas. Huge expanse of ocean on the left. Hilly landscape on the right. The water was colored deep turquoise and aquamarine. The landscape is golden yellow with deep green trees all over the place. 

We spent two days driving around which is only a 3 hour drive. Due to all the beautiful stops and hikes and look outs. 

First night we stopped in a charming little town (Apollo Bay) next to the ocean and had amazing seafood dinner, the following night we stopped in another town on the cusp of the ocean called Port Campbell, we were sadly very disappointed and wanted to run back to Apollo Bay. But at least we could connect to the Internet (in the car, with a very rainy night, outside of our very expensive sketchy motel room). So we could book our motel for the next night. Since we are living day to day it's important to book things. As we are slowly learning.

But, wait, what did you do on your great ocean road trip? Well....
  • We hiked in two rain forests
  • Saw the biggest trees of life
  • Checked out a few lighthouses
  • Saw some beautiful waterfalls
  • Hiked through the parks to a few far away lookouts with views that people dream about ( oh yeah I went there)
  • Witnessed more wild animals than the zoo that we went to in Philip Island
My mind can't even remember all the things we did but pictures are worth a bazillion words. So please enjoy all our pictures because we definitely had a fun time taking them. 





Up next our hippiest road trip through New Zealand and our van that's named Nathan the Emu.
AK and AB

Recently (on Monday) we had a wild life day. We spent the day checking out Australia's native wild life. Australia has such a unique eco system. Given the geography and history of the continent the animals here have evolved like no other animals on the planet. Due to the way the tour companies work here they ended combining 3 different tours into one big tour. Means more animals, more stops, and more free food. Woohoo!

Bats, 1000's and 1000's of bats... see the black things? All BATS!

Bats with Fox Fur Scarves
Our first stop was Yarra Bend Park. This is the home of Australia's Fox Bats. These bats are primarily fruit eating bats. They are becoming an endangered species so they have a conservation park for them. They look like bats that wear fox fur scarves and jet black skin. Very striking to look at. At first when we went down into the park there were only a few of them. Than as we went down the path we started to see hundreds of them! As we walked along we noticed them all around us. What they did next was pretty creepy. They all started waiving at us! They hang there with one arm waving constantly. It's pretty freaky to watch. Being me of course, I naturally waived back….for about 30 seconds….alone, until someone told me that they weren't really being nice to the tourists. It's something they do to keep cool. I didn't feel weird at all! Afternoon tea followed.


Kangaroos, Wallabies, Dingos, Oh My!
Next we went to the animal sanctuary. They created a nice outdoor habitat area for these animals to roam. It's basically a nice petting zoo with more interesting animals. We learned that Koalas are only awake about 4 hours a day. What do they do with their time? Eat eucalyptus leaves, digest said leaves, and go back to sleep. That's it! The hour that we were there was not one of the 4 holy hours the koala is awake, so we got to watch them sleep all day. It's okay, if we were willing to pay $15 we could've got a picture with said sleeping koala. Lucky us! Some of the other animals were very awake. The kangaroos & wallabies were awake, and adorable. We even saw an albino kangaroo. We had some food for the animals, but the kangaroos could give two shits. They act like little furry celebrities lazing about waiting to be served by their human butlers. The other animals were very grateful to see us. The donkey, sheep, and alpaca ran across the stock like old relatives who haven't seen us in years. The emus were all smiles to see us! They looked so happy.




Enough! Tell Us About the Penguins!

Alright! Since you asked. The reason we went to Phillip Island is to see these ridiculously cute penguins. These penguins aren't the penguins you saw in the movie Happy Feet. They're only 30 cm tall and only come out at night from the ocean. These little penguins attract about 3000 visitors a night! They're ridiculously cute and have a huge fan base. We had to sit in these huge concrete bleachers off the beach to watch them come out at night. They didn't show up until after 9:30pm. As they came out of the water the seagulls were there to bully them a little, but they made it past the people and up the hill to their burrows. They came in groups of 3-8 typically. The best part was when we left. The boardwalk meanders through their burrows. Once they're on land they're very vocal and social creatures. They walk around and hang out in front of their burrows and chill with us afterwards.

 Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures of the penguins, so here are some pictures from the beach walk and the nobbies.


After the wildlife day, we spent our last day in Melbourne trying to plan our second part of the journey and learn what it's like to do laundry at a laundry mat (cough $22.00). Man are we spoiled in Canada. Followed by our farewell dinner with our awesome Aussie friends Sam and Bryce! Hi Guys! We miss you already.


Next stop…. Great Ocean Road!


AK
It took only one night (and 14 hours of sleep) to adjust to the time difference. Once we had our shoes on we explored Melbourne. Explored it so much, that Anna knows all the streets and can give people directions (talk about ego).

Highlights:
  • Yarra River Cruise
  • South Gate (Harbourfront Center; Shopping, Food -  Amazing Food)
  • Melbourne Central (Downtown Center with a Coops Shot tower inside)
  • Federation Square (Where festivals happen)
  • ACMI (Australian Center for Moving Image)
  • Free City Trams
  • Secret hidden lanes
  • Meeting a pen pal of 12 years in person!
  • and probably about 2000 more things








Things we learned:
  • Dermologica is sold at pharmacies
  • Aussies wear jeans in +40 degrees like champs
  • Asian people with an aussie accent is a mind boggling experience
  • Food, any kind, is better here than, ANYWHERE
  • Left side driving is very confusing for pedestrians and jaywalkers *cough us cough*  (not to mention the escalators too)
  • Not to mention Mr. Moo has his own adventures.
We are off to see the penguins tomorrow :) and than our Melbourne Adventures will be coming to an end, but we will be setting off to go on the Great Ocean Road Trip for a couple days, and after flying out to Christchurch, New Zealand.



Stay tuned!

AK & AB

Wow! Travelling can be exhausting. Anna and I have spent the last 28 hours in transit. We left Calgary at 3:30pm on January 1st and arrived in Melbourne at 10:30am January 3rd. That's right people! We time travelled into the future! Except instead of Doc Brown's Delorean we had a monstrous Airbus A380. This thing had around 600 passengers and probably about 15 bathrooms.

The fun and tension that we experienced was due to one of Anna's biggest pet peeves, lateness. It's one thing when a person is late for lunch. It's another when a plane is very late for a date. We were panicked because we had 3 connecting flights all scheduled no more than 2 hours apart. The first flight from Calgary to Vancouver was delayed by an hour, which was a little freak out, since we had 2 more connections. But we kept cool. Once we passed the US Customs in Vancouver (with Ali having a second screening test, because well he is of course a terrorist) we found out our second flight to LAX was delayed by another 90 minutes. Kept a little cool, but starting to freak just a little. Once we landed in super busy LAX, we found out we had to run around to a different terminal and our plane was boarding in 5 minutes. Kept our cool? Not even close. Not to mention the 45 minute security line up. The good news is that our plane hosts 600 people, so once we ran to the gate, we were technically on time.

16 hours on the (coolest, biggest) plane was a bit tiring. Once we landed in Melbourne, our minds stopped racing and we were safely on the ground without any more delays. Until of course the 2 hour line up at passport control. Once we finished that, we were excited to see Melbourne, didn't even matter that our luggage didn't make it.

Here we are! In Melbourne, let the adventures begin.



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Love,


AK & AB

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