In Transition

It's our last day in New zzzzZealand, and we are missing our fair share of zzzs! For the last several days we've been waking before dawn; at least we've seen some beautiful sunrises. A few nights ago we had dinner with a lovely couple whom Kenneth met tramping on the Greenstone track, and they let us stay in their spare room and get SHOWERS, what a treat. Tonight also we'll be having dinner and staying with a couple we met on the Kepler Track; aren't Kiwis the nicest people? As we look back over our time here, it seems generous and kind people have shown up all over, especially when we needed it *(like the constable outside Kaiwaka who bought us gas from the next town over when we ran out, on the side of the road right next to the Northland Corrections Facility! The New Zealand Police are really helpful.).* We sold the van to another traveller/wwoofer named Fiona, who was delighted to secure a reliable campervan for when her sister joins her in August. Our wwoofing hosts from last week gave us a ride into town (from leaving the van), and here we sit in rainy Auckland, finishing up our emails before we attend a free meditation workshop this afternoon (what better way to spend a grey day?). Tomorrow we fly (early!) to Melbourne, Australia, and from the looks of it we are going to LOVE that city. We already have lessons scheduled next week with the director of the Alexander Technique training program to which Michele aspires, and plans to visit Kenneth's school, the Rudolf Steiner Teacher Training Program, when their classes resume. We're back to carrying all our wordly possessions in our packs, and wondering what discoveries we'll make in Australia. Stay tuned!
BY THE WAY: It's been very difficult (nay, impossible) to put more pictures on the blog directly, so we ask that you check the following website to see our albums. You may have to paste it into a separate window.... but please do, as Kenneth expends a great deal of energy and creativity composing these shots and we'd love for you to see what we've seen in this beautiful land.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2105899820&code=22511027&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite