We got up at 3am on Wednesday and were, thanks to Robert and Stella, at Auckland airport by 4am for a 6am flight to Sydney, flight time only 4 hours. We then had an 8 hour wait at Sydney for our next flight to Singapore. Fortunately we were upgraded to World Traveller Plus for this 8 hr flight which took off at 15.30 local time. The upgrade was very nice, much better leg room but the video system wasn't working. A quick 2 hour transfer at Singapore, then off on the final 13 hour leg to London (also in World Traveller Plus, but we had booked that one). We flew on an A380 for the first time, amazing space and so quiet. We arrived at Heathrow at 5.30am this morning, having been travelling for 37.5 hours - New Zealand is a long way away!!
Another 3 hour wait at Heathrow for our bus, and we finally got into Donington at about 12.15 today. Home again, and now in the throes of unpacking. Holiday over, but what a great time! We'd recommend NZ to anyone.
No more regular updates of this blog, though I might put up a few more photos later when I manage to sort them all out, I've taken about 9000 in all. We have trips planned later this year to France and to Norway so I might start blogging again then - watch this space. Thanks for reading!
Mick and Linda
Thanks for all the work you put into this blog. Quite a masterpiece and I've enjoyed every step of the way. Enjoy being home too!
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