We finally arrived on Friday after a nightmare journey! We arrived at Heathrow only to discover that our flight to New Zealand via LA was cancelled. At first, we thought we would spending the night in London but New Zealand Airlines did a fantastic job in getting us re-routed via Seoul. We finally arrived in Wellington only a few hours late! We spent the weekend in the Holiday Inn in Wellington - very luxurious! We found a supermarket and bought a couple of bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and enjoyed it looking over the view of the harbour from our room. After a quick power nap, we met up with Ruth and went for dinner and a cocktail. Very civilised! On Saturday we did the sights - we climbed Mount Victoria, took the cable car to the
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