Needless to say, we opted to still catch our flight to Christchurch (as we flew into the gate at final boarding call, not our best airport arrivals so far this trip), and now find ourselves in a hotel room trying to figure out what the rest of our trip will look like. We can't rent anything here which means we won't be seeing the South Island as we had planned. Total bummer.
BUT, being the eternal optimist I am (okay, sarcasm is getting me through right now) we have two choices to make. We can be mad, irritated, and frustrated (we have been all of those for a bit today), or we can be thankful that life has brought us to New Zealand and we do whatever we can to make the most of it. That's the direction we are headed, which is ironic because at this moment we are frantically trying TO FIND A DIRECTION!!
It was laughable to tell the flight attendants that we were NZ bound with NO plan. Normal and thrilling at 20, stressful at 32 with two kids in tow. A wrench in our plans for sure, but oh well. We are together, visiting two new countries and seeing new sights.
When we get home, I'm going to glue Adam's drivers license to his face.
Here are a few pics from our first day/night...
Making a fort while we frantically tried to book a hotel once we landed :)
We found the Botannical Gardens in Christchurch tonight, where we spent a few hours playing.
Look at how big this field is!
Drew was so happy. And frozen. It was chilly here today, which we knew was coming. Slightly different than our Sydney weather.
Tomorrow we will get out and see some of this beautiful place!
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