jet lag is a funny fellow. this morning he woke us all up around 3am. jane and kezia beat him down and eventually got back to sleep, but esther and i failed to get any more sleep. as a result we’re all really tired which should hopefully mean we’ll get enough sleep tonight and be back on track tomorrow …
anyway, today: well first up we went to the local mall to buy some food. we enjoyed kmart but did all our food shopping in the New World supermarket. jane and i both felt a little dirty after our visit as this supermarket is rather upmarket and sells loads of english products, like Wispa bars, and traditional british ales. all at prices to reflect their scarcity value. but nevertheless there was something disappointing about being able to go to a local supermarket on the other side of the world and be able to buy the same shopping as back in blighty.
the main news of today however is that we’ve starting our house hunt. we visited 4 today in the area we’d hoped to live, but only one got anywhere near our possibles list. If all else fails, that will do, but it’s unlikely to be our first choice. We’ve got a full day of house hunting in a slightly different area tomorrow and we’ve got high hopes of narrowing ourselves down to a couples of places by the end of the day. We’ll see.
And so that’s it really. a pretty functional day. but once again ending with everyone exhausted.
Oh, and i replaced a UK plug with a kiwi one on a multi-socket extension lead which i think is the way men initiate themselves in to other cultures. Forget our residency permits, it’s that small task which has proved we’re serious about becoming long term kiwis !
apologies for the lack of pictures. they weren’t allowed in the mall and i didn’t take any whilst we were out on manoeuvres looking at houses. i’ll try harder tomorrow.