wellington

i got the 6am flight this morning to wellington, which meant 4am alarms and a 4.30am drive to the airport.

i went early so i could have breakfast with our good friend eugene who moved to wellington just over a year ago

the flight was amazingly still making for a very peaceful landing (i think Wellington have leant their wind to Scotland for a few days)

it was great to catch up on nearly a year’s worth of eugene’s news  (i haven’t been to wellington for months with work due to budget restrictions)

i was in wellington for a kick off meeting for my new team, and things look really good i think.

here we are deep in discussion.  i ran a little session in the morning which went ok too

after that we had bagels on the roof before a few more meetings

i even got to catch up with a really nice wellington based colleague who has just taken redundancy to become … a full time vicar.  excellent work sir.

before we knew it the day was over and we bundled ourselves in to a taxi back to the airport for another lovely flight back to auckland. then drove from the airport to the millennium pool to meet jane and the girls whereupon we went home for pizza and television.

esther did some more work at the church office, then came back with her friend lauren to swim in the pool.  later fleur and her daughters came over and there was more swimming

here’s the same view as seen in the morning but from the other side (you can see the ‘biscuit tin’ wellington stadium below and in one of the photos above

everyone is even more exhausted than yesterday thanks to long days.  we’ve got a big day of tidying ahead tomorrow (after swimming and tennis).  wish us luck!