chase the light

After about 10 hours I arrived in Auckland at 4:30 in the morning. Since the international terminal is not anywhere near the domestic one you have to walk. Finding myself dragging 1000lbs of baggage in 40 degrees from the international terminal to the domestic one I’m cranky. Off to a good start. I completely missed July 2nd in the process of flying over the international dateline. I got on the flight to Wellington and arrived there at about 9:15. Mike, the shoeless kiwi guy from Weta I’d heard so much about, picked me up. George [LINK] was there and we visited for a moment while I got my luggage together and then he went off to work. I met Eric [LINK] who was also flying into work at Weta and we all went over to get our housing in the city. Since Weta was picking up the car rental and the housing tab while I was there it was all taken care of and I was able to just go crash on the bed as soon as I arrived. So that’s my little white abode down below. Reminds me of San Francisco a bit. In fact a lot of Wellington does. It’s rainy, it’s windy, it’s hilly, and I’m already freezing my ass off. The rear windows, which I marked with a star, look out over, well, uh.. not much. I was starving so I decided to make my first foray into the city below. The closest thing I could find and feel comfortable with was a Chicken BLT at McDonald’s. Blech. It tastes lousy here too. Apparently those are New Zealand’s favorite fries also. Notice it doesn’t say best tasting. At least I’m not hungry anymore. With all two people I know in New Zealand working, I was stuck cruising around the city solo today.