And now comes the task of settling in! We are so grateful to be in our own space after being homeless for a month. We are in a furnished rental and really quite pleased with it - the decor is ancient but certainly has "character". It is clean and functional and we like the area. We can walk to a number of trendy shops, coffee bars, kindergarten, train station, groceries, etc etc. I will post pictures of our home tomorrow!

We are slowly sorting out where to shop and how to speak kiwi (trolley=grocery cart, pram=stroller, lift=elevator, garden=backyard, with "good as gold" and "sweet as" peppered throughout each sentence). People are certainly more laid back and extremely friendly and helpful.

The kindergarten is quite different here - completely unstructured and described as "holistic". Basically they believe the children should be free to choose how they spend their time and should not be sitting at this age. The activities are very artsy and creative and they are trying to instil out of the box thinking already - who needs to pay 12K a year for Waldorf when I have it in my backyard!! Grayson's first day is tomorrow and I will post pics as well :)

Kyle has had a few meetings and one interview so far (for a different city - arg, but such is life) - slowly but surely :)

Kyle has had his first cricket game as well thanks to cousin sven, and we have enjoyed a few parks and museum. The wind is something else here - a nice 22C is not so nice in 130km gusts. Still getting used to this 'living on a skinny island in the middle of the ocean' thing...