We left early to avoid the traffic and get to the airport early, as we wanted to make the most of the Business Lounge before our flight. We arrived with around 3.5 hours to spare, so enjoyed breakfast and some champagne and gin and tonics in the lounge before window shopping at the duty free stores. Mum was looking for a handbag but was not to impressed by the selection at the airport, the cheapest we saw was $400, and they went up to over $1,000. The $21,000 pearls she looked at didn't take her fancy either!
Our plane was delayed by 30 minutes, but soon we were boarding and on our way. We all enjoyed the Business class flight, and landed in Auckland at around 6pm local time. After an interesting taxi ride, we checked in to our hotel and had a quick refresh before heading out to the Auckland waterfront, about a 20 minute stroll from the hotel.
We had a snack and a drink at a bar which had over 100 lampshades hanging upside down from the ceiling. We all decided to call it a night and caught the city bus back up the hill to our hotel.
Damian
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