Back in Auckland

Well, we are back in Auckland. We had a beautiful house lined up in Wellington. It had 180 degree view of the entire town and valley, as well as the bay. It was fully furnished at awesome, but he wouldnt do a short term lease. There is really nothing else to rent there, so we headed back up here to let a place, as there are tons of places in Auckland. We did enjoy our stay in Wellington, although everything got pretty expensive. $4 an hour for internet got ridiculous, parking was also $4 an hour in town, and its not even a major city. Food, beer, everything got pricey. Auckland, although it is like 3 times larger, is a lot cheaper. Its all about shipping over here. Since most stuff comes in through Auckland, most of that stuff is cheaper. Plus, the competition is greater, so that drives the rent down. However, Auckland is not nearly as visually stunning. It is much more similar to like Toronto, whereas Wellington was a lot like San Francisco or Vancouver. Toronto is pretty, but its no Vancouver. Anyway, I also had a couple job prospects that I was forced to leave behind in Wellington, one at the Wellington academy for tennis, and another at the Renouf tennis centre, which is where the women's ITF chamionships are played. This is a large int'l tournament. We did a drive the other day before we left, out of Wellington. We headed up to Featherston, then headed east to Martinborough. We were about 35 km away from the coast still when the road turned into a dirt rally course. The drive was amazing, dotted with sheep and cows around every turn. The mountains were awesome. It just suddenly opened up to this. The river flowing in the valley met the ocean, and we were treated to a completely untouched stretch of beach. The weather was pretty cool, but the views were the best we've seen yet. Alright guys, lets get those Seahawks this weekend. I hope I get to watch some of it. It will be on monday morning at like 9 or something, so I could possibly get to watch it, and that excites me. Alright, hit me up! And check out my link, I got a video clip with more to come. later.....ARGH, it takes SO long to upload pictures. I'll put some on later, goin to the beach, later