So we finally made it to New Zealand today; however, today is Saturday as we crossed the international dateline into the future. Between flight time and layovers the journey took just over 24 hours from O'Hare to Napier/Hawkes Bay.
New Zealand is an incredibly pristine country and is extremely beautiful. Our puddle jumper flight from Auckland to Napier was on a twin prop plane and flew much lower than the jets do. This afforded us a birds eye view of the bay, farm land, and mountainous terrain. There are also a lot of sheep here. From the plane we could see large amounts of land dotted with white sheep.
Anyway, not much else to report from here. My host family, a young couple who are engaged to be married in January, are extremely nice and welcoming. One couldn't ask for a better house to be put in.
That's all for now, check back soon for pictures from our excursion tomorrow to the top of a peak overlooking the bay/valley.
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