Travel to NewZealand

August 10th 2023

A long day of flying. We actually left on the evening of Aug 9th. There was a four hour flight from Chicago to San Francisco with a four hour layover. Then a thirteen hour flight to Auckland. Thank god we were in business class. I was able to get some sleep. We arrived at 6:00am on Aug 10th. We rented a car and started our eight hour drive to Wellington. We had all day to get there, but the drive was slow. It took awhile to get used to driving on the other side of the road with the drivers wheel on the other side of the car. There were so many sheep! Apparently there are more sheep than people in New Zealand. (an actual fact). We had to drive through a mountain pass, where there was some snow. There was more snow predicted and they actually closed the road after we got through. Thank goodness we made it. Our first game for the World Cup in tomorrow.

Loooooong day, but I will sleep well tonight! 😴

We stayed in an Airbnb Home in Wellington. It was a small place, but had free parking. The weather was cold (close to freezing). There was only one small wall mounted heater in the house. Needless to say, it was not very warm. They must not get cold weather here often. To make it worse, there we no extra blankets.

Tomorrow we watch Spain vs Netherlands. Should be a great game.