It's been about 6 weeks into our Kiwi initiation. Both of us have started our jobs, Troy at Opus and me at Vodafone. We've fully furnished our apartment; the tiny box in the city it is. We've weathered our first Kiwi storm, complete with sideways-blowing rain. We've learned what muppet, sweet as, flash, gutted, and posey mean; no, it's not how you suspect. We've hosted our first couchsurfers: Suvi and Heikki from Finland, who helped us to discover Devonport and how to fit 4 people in 40 sq ft. And we've taken our first weekend trip out of Auckland, 4 hours drive north, to the beautiful Bay of Islands. We went caving and gazed at glow worms, we climbed cliffs to glimpse a view of Waipu Cove, we saw Whangarei Falls!

It's home!! Well...almost.

We miss all of you guys dearly and hope you've fattened up on chocolate and candy. Sorry we couldn't be together, but we will see each other soon enough; we promise!

Happy Easter :D

XOXOXOXOX

Check out some new pics at http://public.fotki.com/visceraltext/easter-2007-at-bay-/