Made it to Auckland

Made it to the rugby obsessed Auckland safely.  Was a short flight but confuses your body a lot because of the time zone changes.  We left at 6.20pm and arrived at 5.15am the next morning but our bodies still think it's barely midnight as it's only a 6hr flight.
The city doesn't open until 9.30am, so we spend the first few hours pretty zonked out at the airport before we decided to catch a shuttle in to wander around.  We're at a cafe on the waterfront right now enjoying a nice hot chocolate and coffee (and free wifi!) tho shops should be opening up about now so we'll go wandering again soon.

There's also this Rugby World Cup on here atm and the huge P&O Pacific Dawn cruise ship is in the harbour and so the place is busy.  One good thing about a quick stop in NZ is cheap Merino wool stuff - one of my favourite brands, Icebreaker, has a store right at the airport and i plan on taking advantage of the strong AUD on the way out and pick up another pair of merino socks :)

We need to get back to the airport at 2pm so a few more hours to explore yet!
- J