Finally on our way

Early wake up for us, I think it may have been our bodies way of starting to reset the body clock. Gerard picked us up nice and early as expected. It was exciting to receive all three boarding passes and hand over our luggage. Always hopeful the bags will be waiting for us in Copenhagen.

Auckland was foggy this morning so we were warned of a potential delay, which made us grateful for the 7 hour window between flights today. Plane was about 30 mins late departing due to a slight delay on the previous flight and a technical check.

We landed in Auckland at midday and with no luggage to collect we decided to walk across to international and then out to the shops outside the airport. Catherine came and joined us for lunch at Kawa which was delicious. We elected to walk back to the international terminal in the sun. We had 3 hours in the lounge before we boarded the plane.

NZ is a very small world as my second cousin and his wife walked into Koru and are on the same flight to Beijing. On the plane now and Regan is in love with his slippers. Next stop Beijing.Read more