Day 34 – Very Sad

It’s Friday 9th January, although am actually posting this on Saturday morning, just before we head off the Auckland Airport.  It’s 4 weeks to the day since Eileen and I flew into Queenstown from Sydney, and without doubt it has been the best holiday ever.

Before we go, a couple more pictures.  NZ finally did its best to remind us of home by providing an hour’s delay due to roadworks on their main highway down to Auckland.  Fond memories of the M25 … but at least, as we said, it wasn’t too hot (23), or it would have been unbearable :o)

And on the M25 you don’t find cars like these parked at a roadside cafe ..

…. nor views like this when tucking into a much-needed bacon and egg pie.

So a bit later than we wanted arriving at our final stop, but a great view of Auckland from the balcony.

But the final bonus, which gave us all a lift, was to be invited to Natalie and her parents for a farewell barbecue.  Natalie was one of Jo’s Kiwi hosts down in Dunedin (feels like a long time ago since we were there), and Jo and Natalie shared a road trip through NZ a few weeks ago.

Bit of pianoing and singing (not me!).

And then to Beijing (Eileen and me) and a road trip from Sydney to Cairns for 3 weeks (Jo).