Holidays in New Zealand

For the third year in a row, we are spending the holidays away in a very non-traditional way. However this time we will get to see some snow, maybe even touch it, to make for a “white” Christmas. For what is most likely our last winter living outside the US, we decided to give New Zealand a try. As of this note, we have three days under our belts…finally finding a little time to blog…and so far we are far from disappointed. We arrived on Sunday morning in Christchurch, after connecting through Auckland on an 11 hour flight from Shanghai. Weather was low seventies and lightly raining. Not a good start weather wise, but as we have found out weather changes often and quickly, this time for the better. We have rented a campervan (for 6 of us!! – crazy) and Ron has finally gotten used to driving on the wrong side of the road. Not to say he hasn’t driven on the right side a couple of times…wrongly…and took awhile to get used to shifting with his left hand. Here are a couple quick pics from the first day near Kaikoura…hopefully we will find more time to get some blogs out soon.