Well, here we are again. No photos as yet, been a bit gloomy but we’ll get to that….
So, where do we start? What a day of dramas on Sunday. Roger arrived safe & sound and we were doing a final pack when I realized the key to my baggage lock was gone! After a frantic search, Roger found it. Had dropped out of the lock & gone for a walk under a table. Bad lock! Found it with just 5 minutes to spare before the cab arrived. But wait.. there’s more. Cab arrived and instead of the maxi taxi we booked so we could get our skis in, they sent a normal cab without fold down rear seats. After some inventiveness and a helpful cabbie, we gone everything in and off we went. In hindsight just as well they sent the cab they did because he was a very helpful driver. Got to the airport, checked in, went through customs and were about to go through scanners. Did the usual, put compter, etc, in tray, went to put wallet in tray & guess what…. No freaking wallet!!!! PANIC. Rang cab company, rang Mum & got her to check. Tried to find security at airport in case it had dropped out of pocked when we got out of cab. In the end, cabbie came back to airport but it wasn’t in the cab. Airport security weren’t open so it was into the cab for a quick drive home. Hurrah. Found it at home so raced back to airport. Thanked cabbie, gave him some good karma for his help, raced up to Air NZ lounge, had time for 2 pieces of toast & a coffee before we had to board. Talk about cutting it fine. Got to NZ & the car we booked was not available so we had to take something else. Not quite what we wanted, but it’ll do the job. Got up this morning and had a great ski. Then went down to town to do some shopping $ get money out of bank. Oh dear. Roger forgot his PIN & machine swallowed his card. I tell you, we have had some dramas. Anyhow, had a great afternoon/night first at one pub, then another then continued with the owners last night. In spite of being a bit smashed & wobbly this morning we had a really good first days skiing. Very cold, dull & snow showers over here. We do have a couple of pikkies to upload, oh yeah, nearly forgot…Rogers camera also died this morning 🙁
So, that’s all the drama so far. We’re both good. Skiing is great and the medicine all the way from Scotland is helping us unwind. Watch this space.
Clayton & Roger