saturday

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jane and esther went out for a long last pearl walk and breakfast

then esther and i went out for some long driving practice driving around

in the afternoon esther went in to town to watch the auckland youth choir perform with some of her old school musician friends – most of whom are also studying in auckland and one day hope to be in that choir!

jane and i met esther at the bus station at 8pm and the three of us went for a last dinner in Takapuna.  the idea was we’d be joined by kezia at 9pm after we’d had our main courses but the dinners ended up coming a bit late so i had to wolf mine down and run across town to get the car to pick up kezia, but that was fine. 

as planned we eventually ended up with all four of us in the same restaurant before it closed to celebrate jane and my wedding anniversary (22 years on Friday) and esther’s departure

jane and esther also did lots of packing for their various things.

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