The saying goes that the journey is more important than the destination and there is a lot of truth to that, but I think the journey really starts once you leave the airport. Lines, Customs, cramped seats, US airports with their lack of space, poor signage, lost bags and absence of friendly faces are all just annoying hurdles that stand between you and the journey. With that out of the way, our journey is about to begin. Interestingly our flight to LA from Melbourne involved a short stopover in Auckland, which came as a surprise to us both. There was no mention of it when we booked the flights, nothing about it on our itinerary and no mention of it on our boarding pass when we checked in. It’s the first time I’ve been to New
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