We are heading off tomorrow for a vacation (from our vacation) so I thought I should post some of our initial pictures before we go! We are off to meet Mom and Ken on their sailboat on the South Island. Just in case we got too comfortable from all of our travelling, we have challenged ourselves to a train ride, 3 hr ferry ride and 2 hour bus ride tomorrow - sweet. Oh, and did I mention 10 days on a sailboat with a 2.5 and 4 year old?

It has been a frustrating few days of racing around the city trying to get an idea of where we want to live. We have decided to take a short term rental in a funky neighbourhood...for my friends across Canada; much like Kensington, Commercial Drive meets Kitsilano, the Glebe etc...The house is very old and FULL of antique furniture. It is similar to our place in Old Ottawa South in that it will take a month to clean and air out - but it will work for now!! Not to mention, I don't think this house has any resident rodents...we are discouraged at how old and tired the homes are for the price we have to pay - eeeck.

We all adjusted very quickly to both the time change and summer. NZ is unlike Australia in that it isn't as hot as you might expect - it has been blustery and 19-21C the last few days - not like I am complaining!!
Just a few pictures below of the last few days getting to Wellington and in and around.