Home sweet home

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We're back!
Arrived July 8 @ 9a.m. one hour before we left Wellington, NZ. After a fairly flawless flight we arrived minus 1/2 of our luggage. The airline reassured us it would be sent out to our house as soon as it arrived (eventually) and so we hired a shuttle van to take us, the luggage that successfully made the trip, and the bicycle back home to Claremont. Then we slept.

Later in the day we were semi-functional and managed to take stock of what we needed to do to get our basic needs covered: food, shower/towels, bedding, etc. The upside of leasing a semi-furnished house is that the kitchen was provisioned and we had all the basic furniture in the house. We also had to go rent a car for 5 days.

Four days in ~

• All luggage was recovered and delivered
• Grocery shopping at Traders & Von's
• Car shopping successful (bought a Toyota)
• Unpacking slow but sure
• Found a painter to re-do 2 rooms before we totally unpack
• Kitties happy :~)

Not bad and looking forward to another day.