30th December 2017 - 1st January 2018 We left the house in freezing cold Shirley at 5pm. I had had the wisdom to book a lounge at the airport which was a nice bit of luxury before we got on our first flight. We were all very excited but a bit apprehensive about the distance we had to go. 24 hours, that'll fly, won't it???? 4 flights later ( Birmingham to Dubai, Dubai to Melbourne, Melbourne to Aukland, Aukland to Wellington) on a really cool Airbus A380 (good experience! do it if you can) god knows how many films, terrible food, weird security measures, broken sleep, a cricked neck and mega cankles, we arrived in Wellington New Zealand. It took 36 hours door to door, so much for the promise of 24 hours!!! Having said that,
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