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Hilton Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

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Kiwi word of the day: Kiwi – A New Zealander. Named after the national bird, the kiwi. Not to be confused with the fruit bearing the same name.

Today we spent time wandering around the city in almost perfect weather. 20C degrees, mostly sunny and a light breeze whenever it got too warm. We started the day quite late, as the kids were a bit jetlagged from Australia. It is a 2.5 hour time difference from Adelaide. We took a bus to the Domain, a big green park on a hill not too far from our hotel. The park hosts the Auckland Museum, where we spent a few hours. (more…)

Hilton Auckland, North Island, New Zealand 

Greetings from Auckland, the metropolitan center of New Zealand, where we landed several hours ago. Our day began early in the morning at Adelaide Airport, where we arrived three and a half hours prior to takeoff. We have found that with 3 kids, a double stroller, 3 car seats, 6 pieces of luggage, 4 carry-on bags, and 5 passports, it usually takes the check in person 30 minutes at least just to get us checked-in to the flight. Then security, immigration, diaper changes here, Ron to the toilet there, and we are almost out of time… (more…)