We miss New Zealand!

Well, we've been back home in San Francisco for almost a week now, but a big part of each of us wishes we were still in New Zealand. Re-entry is always a bitch, but I think we're close to being fully immersed into real life again!

On our final day in Auckland, Jen took a few minutes to write one last blog entry before we headed off to a long lunch with Louis:
We ended up going back to the same place where we had our very first lunch in Auckland: Soul. Our last lunch was just as good as our first, and we enjoyed taking in some final views of Viaduct Harbor:
Then it was off to the airport where we shared more wine with Louis before saying our final goodbyes and then doing a bit of duty free shopping:

Next up for 2009; France, Scotland and Africa.... stay tuned.

Goodbye New Zealand!

So, after 3 weeks exploring this beautiful country, all the while in the company of tons of sheep and lots of wine, our holiday has almost come to an end....in a matter of hours we board the plane back to San Francisco, and by tomorrow afternoon we will be reunited with Napoleon and Wilbur!!
We were sad to leave Queenstown yesterday - it was definitely one of our favorite places of all - and so we bid farewell to the south island over one last delicious lunch in super cute Arrowtown, which was just 14 km outside of Queenstown.



After lunch at great little restaurant called Saffron, we hopped on a flight back up to Auckland, which is where our journey began almost 3 weeks ago. We were greeted at the airport by cousin Louis, and ventured out to enjoy our last night in New Zealand. The three of us enjoyed yet another long dinner together, and as we write this blog now we are off to our last lunch together before our final goodbye to Louis and New Zealand. It has been an amazing trip filled with even more wine and sheep than we could have imagined!

Baaaahhhhhhh