After a tangle getting through immigration at Auckland airport with the Smartgate doors refusing to open for Karen, an immensely long wait for our bags to appear and then a final trundle with them to the domestic airport because apparently only some of the domestic checkin machines will work for Nelson (huh, why?), we only had 20 minutes spare before our onwards flight to Nelson. A great welcome by Sandy and Lynette when we appeared, and we've had a fairly quiet few days at their place since we arrived home.
The weather is superb, but has not been up to the normal high Nelson standards until now...
Major success when the MX5 engine turned over at first kick and then off for a WOF and rego update. We now have wheels again and are likely to head out to Suzy and Tim's soon. Nephew Nick, Emma and young Jack arrived from France yesterday afternoon and will be here for about a month. Their wedding is only 1.5 weeks away.
We've had our first catch-up with the Gregoire and Mylene at La Gourmandise, and savoured two excellent coffees. Had dinner last night at Sally's which was very pleasant. It feels very strange being in Nelson, especially with not living in our own home. It looks as though our tenants have looked after our place very well, though the garden is a little scruffy.
It's now time to settle down a bit, sort out John's work and get into some sort of routine for the next few months. Not sure how achievable the latter is. We don't really want to get back into any routine and are already counting the days down until we fly off to France again. 70 days to go!!!!!
