Over seas

Auckland, New Zealand. It's amazing. New Zealand is really one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. No wonder Peter Jackson picked this place. When you're driving through the country it feels like middle earth. And the city of Auckland feels a little bit like Seattle. So really, it's the best place ever. The Mrs and I will come here one day. Actually, Angela, lets skip out on Venice and come here and stay in Hobbiton. Down? Cool. We played last night and it ruled! This morning I woke up and walked around the city. I found a legit coffee shop and got a cappuccino and an omelet. I need to remember that over seas, "bacon" translates to "ham that's greasy and as tough as a baseball glove" ha. Either way, it was still good. My goal over seas is to not go to Starbucks. There's way better local coffee shops that I would rather find. And by the way, it's fall here. It's throwing me off a little bit. I keep picturing everyone at home setting up fall stuff and carving pumpkins. Not yet, but soon enough. And Angela informed me that it's officially getting dryer out. So that's good.

There's this site that I read that I got this idea from, but I took a picture of all the stuff I carry in my bag to show what I'm doing right now. It probably won't change much over the next couple weeks. I don't exactly carry the wine in my bag, but our label here had it in my room with my name on it when I checked in the other night, so I put it in the picture.



I've been listening to this band a ton - The Dodos. The whole record rules. It's called Vister. Get on it!




In other news, I miss my wife. I got used to being home with her, waking up next to her, falling asleep next to her. It's always strange waking up the first night I'm gone, hugging my pillow and asking it if it slept well. Ha. I'm stoked this trip is only 2 weeks.