Greetings from New Zealand Well, we nearly didn't make it this far. No, we didn't get drunk in Sydney and miss our Air NZ flight - we just had the bumpiest, windiest, yuckiest flight ever to get here. The pilot warned we'd have slight turbulence on the 3 hr flight down from Sydney, what he failed to mention was that I would have to shut my eyes and sit very still as we were coming in to land in Christchurch! Apparantley, the air can get a bit bumpy as you fly over NZ's southern alps into Christchurch. A bit bumpy? I felt like a ping pong ball in a tumble dryer. Ok, so I'm being a bit dramatic - we didn't spill drinks and no-one screamed (they did gasp a bit though) but when you look
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