Sunday, August 15, 2010

Welcome to our blog!

Hi all.  We are a family of three from Seattle, WA, moving to rural New Zealand for 6 months to work and go to school.  I am a family doctor and my kids are 8 and 12 and will be going to the local school in Otorohanga, where we will be living.

We arrived in Wellington yesterday morning, exhausted and dirty after 21 hours of planes, airports, baggage, customs, etc.  We will be here for 5 days until Friday, when we take a train to Otorohanga, our final destination.  This is a rural town of 2700 people in the middle of New Zealand's dairy country.

Yesterday, after a nap, we explored a small bit of Wellington.  The weather was wet and just like home!  The kids are still in shorts and tee shirts, but the temperature was in the 50's and it was windy.

                       Playground on Wellington's Waterfront

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