finding a home

What a week! Not having our own car, we decided to hire own from Thames, a small town around 1 hour from Auckland and 30 mins from our base at Pauanui. We travelled up to Auckland on Monday morning (13/7/04) and stayed in a nice little central Motel until Wednesday. We've been back in Pauanui since then relaxing before our return to the big smoke.

Monday and Tuesday were spent by me battling a head cold and doing four interviews with IT agencies so i can start earning to pay for our loft apartment which was, fortuitously, the first one we went to see on Wednesday morning. Although we looked at other places afterwards both myself and Annabel had already in our heads moved in.

Have a look at the video of us checking out the flat [900KB, Windows Media Video (WMV) format, Windows Media Player required]. I'm operating on a 24K dial up at the moment, so you'll have to make do with a rather chunky 3 minute version;)

We're right in central Auckland so shouldn't need to get a car as most things are walkable or cyclable at a push. Apartment is a split level warehouse conversion with (don't laugh) a spa bath/jacuzzi! fingers crossed, the ADSL should be on by next Tuesday (when i'll really feel at home).

We're currently braving a few days of predicted rain (gasp horror), and i've taken a few rany shots below with my new Sharp GX-15 mobile.

Regular entries with more video and photos will resume once i get set up properly next week.

the view from our living room in Pauanui

 the waterfront area at Pauanui

annabel, her mum (Gill), and my right index finger