December 18th to 20th Family and Friends

A fairly full on weekend here with much excitement. George was beside himself as his sister Felicia and her husband Johnny were flying all the way here to New Zealand from Romania. A total time of 38 hours including transits, spent on travel. So needless to say we were following their progress every step of the way and keeping tabs on them.

Friday evening we were treated to the pleasure of having two little Princesses in the house to see our Xmas lights Ella had already been with her Mum and Dad, the week before. However this time she wanted her best friend Rebecca to share in the experience as well. We  had to bring the Princess Thrones out for them of course


Saturday was a bright and early start to get up to Auckland Airport. I was glad to be in the Arrivals area but even before Johnny and Felicia came through I was in tears at seeing families and friends reunited. Then it was our turn

Saturday evening and we were delighted to catch up with my younger sister, Lynette who was in NZ for one day before they took off on their annual holidays overseas. They called in with friends and there were paparazzi moments

On to Sunday and we didn't want to travel too far for our jet lagged visitors. So treated them to a day at the Hamilton Gardens (which won an International Best Garden Award in 2014), and a river cruise along the mighty Waikato River, which runs through Hamilton and is the longest river in NZ at 425kms.

All Aboard!

I'm Not Talking To You!

The Indian Garden

Italian Garden