Well, we missed our flight...

BUT WE'RE IN NEW ZEALAND!!!

  Our morning started out a little rough when we missed our flight in Bangor. Who knew you needed a visa to stay in Sydney for only 8 hours? We all got our visas though, and drove down to Boston to fly out there. From Boston to Minneapolis was uneventful. Minneapolis to LA I saw Gary Busey and Kevin Sorbo on my plane. Ugh, B-listers...

Before our departure in Boston.  Not looking too bad yet.

  LA to Sydney was awful - 14 hours in the air! Sleeping on a plane is not easy, so the 4 of us were soo drained when we landed. They fed us breakfast lunch and dinner in flight. We had a few hours to explore the city, and got to walk around the Opera House in Sydney, and I had my first legal drink! I mean, my first drink! The weather was beautiful there.  How cool that we just stopped off for an afternoon drink in the Sydney Harbor!!

During our trip: Sydney!  Looking a little tired... but the blueberry martini helped!

  Sydney to Wellington was quick little skip over the ocean. We finally arrived to the airport around 2 AM Tuesday Wellington time, which is 8 AM Monday Bangor time. We left at 7 AM Saturday. 2 whole days of travel = not fun and a heck of a lot of jet lag.

Finally made it to Wellington!  Lookin' rough.

  The time changes, weird meal times, lack of sleep, and everything else is really messing with us! We are so excited to explore though!