Early this morning, before the sun had come up on the South Island of New Zealand, we were already at the airport waiting for our transfer flight to Hamilton (NZ). In fact, the flight aboard an ATR-72 was quite comfortable and before we knew it we were standing in the Hamilton airport, having arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule.
Our host for the next few days was actually sitting in the airport, waiting for the flight, but hadn't realized that we had arrived ahead of schedule. Needless to say we were just on the verge of calling her husband (who would truly have enjoyed the joke) when she found us and wisked us out to the waiting car.
It's been about ten years since we last visited with Nola and Bill. At the time of our last visit, they were in the midst of building a new home, and selling the dairy farm to their son. In the coming days, we will have time to visit with these friends, to meet some more of their family and to become aquainted with life at a very different pace.
Some of our hosts' grandchildren are also heading over to Sydney next week for WYD. This will be their first experience of the international youth festival. Hopefully in the next few days we'll have a chance to chat with them, to witness their growing excitement and who knows, perhaps even the opportunity to meet up with them while they are in the big city.
Tune in tomorrow for the newest developments in our journey. I may even find some more guest columnists to contribute their wisdom.
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