Updated?

It's been a couple days and some things have changed. I thought I better update. On Sunday Nana and Pop came to Auckland and we drove around and showed me all the sights to see. Queens street, harbor bridge, all that good stuff. Nan knows her way around there pretty good, that was her old stomping ground. We visited the house she grew up in. Built 110 years ago by my great, great, great, grandfather for about 100 pounds, now its worth about $2 million. Not because it's a great house, but because it is right on the ocean. More than likely if it was sold now it would be pulled down and a new, modern house would be built in it's place. Sad, but it's the truth.

 We stopped and visited with Aunty Margo, my Nan's sister. and then Jennifer, my Nan's cousin, they both live in Auckland. It was good to meet some of my relations, cause I don't think I have ever met them. 


The drive back to Rotorua is about 4 hours. I was really tired and wanted to but my head down and sleep the whole way, but I enjoyed looking out at the scenery so much that I forced myself to stay awake the entire drive. 

There is so much thermal activity here. This land is literally made up of thousands of volcanoes. This picture is a cone of a  volcano, the dirt around it has eroded away and has left just the cone that is made of more solid rock. It's basically a pillar of rock jutting up out of the ground. and they are all over the place. 
There are hills all over the place. Small ones, big ones, they seem to come up no where. They are in fact, also volcanos. The poor country looks like it has broken out in a bad case of acne. 
Pictures just don't do it justice.

Aunty Tracy and Uncle Mike look just like I remember them, but their kids Kelsey, Mikey and Hamish and grown up a lot. They were really shy at first but we are  doing better. Now they might even talk to me! I have started teaching Hamish piano and he is doing really well!

Well I think that we are almost caught up now. More later I guess.


Love B