Arrival and 1st impressions

Yesss! Here we are finally! Welcome to Auckland!
We survived all the 30 hours of flying through the entire world, managed to make it to all the connections in time, made some new (big & small) friends, and only missing one item that will hopefully catch up with us tomorrow. And yes, we are in desperate need for a nice long sleep! :)

It's winter here! 15 degrees. Summer rain in the morning, sunshine. More rain later. Wind. I think I can live with that :) although it is a bit chilly after the hot European summer days... But I don't mind that much, as we will have 2 summers this year :)

People are cool. Helpful. They look different. In outlooks and style, too. I always loved to observe this. They are helpful. Service is great. Amazing compared to Paris. (Really funny but we even bumped into a French bakery just some blocks away from our place. )

It smells good. Smells green. Smells ocean. Of course we headed to check out the beach as soon as we could. The North Shore has the best ones in town. Impressive, long, wide, beautiful beach. We are in love!!!

Takapuna Beach, Auckland