First Full Day

We both slept well and enjoyed a good breakfast on the terrace. I managed to get the washing machine working and caught up on our travel clothes washing but had to hang it on the clothes maiden as it looked like it might rain but it was very warm.

We went out for a walk to the local Rotary park which is five minutes away and really lovely. You walk down a steep road to the park which is down by the water. There is a bit of a beach but not for sitting on as it is stony and the water does not go out very far. Totty should love it when she gets here. There are bbqs lit and ready for public use with picnic tables to sit at and lovely grass areas to sit. At the back of the park it goes up into a wooded area with lots of lovely trees and shrubs and a walkway through and all this overlooks Welcome Bay.

After our walk we had lunch and Jon washed the car but it needs lots of TLC to get it up to his standards. It belonged to Mark's son, who has now gone to work in Australia, and has been left standing for a couple of months so was a bit dull.

We had tried to get the Internet working but Seleena had given us the wrong password to get the wireless connection and she had not left the cable to connect through the modem. We tried to contact her all day but she only got back to us in the evening and brought a cable over so we could at least have internet in the office downstairs. Telecom said we were to call them on Monday when we were connected and they would talk us through changing the password.

In the afternoon we did a dummy run to the office so that Jon would know where he was going rush hour is quite busy here but does not last long and we found the office first time it takes Jon 14 minuted door to door.We went into the shopping centre to get a paper and some window cleaner for the car and met a chap from Leeds selling car cleaner in the car park. He gave Jon a demo and told us he had been over here for four months with his girlfriend and he loved it. We bought the spray and then took a ride out to Papamoa beach which was lovely Totty will love it there, too. We found our way back home with no trouble and had a drink and cooked dinner. First day over and it was fine. Lets see how I do when Jon goes off to work. I still haven't met my neighbour. Jon met her this morning when he was washing the car.