Well the tickets are bought and we've mostly settled on what we've got to pack and what to pack it in. As for what we do when we're there that's still up in the air a but but rapidly solidifying with each new day. :) We'd like to vist both islands and my girlfriend April has a hard date near the end of our trip in Auckland for some massage thing, so the plan is to get down to the south island pretty quickly after landing in Auckland and then work our way back north. If anyone's got ideas about something we simply must do this time of year or think we absolutely must pass through your area as we trek across the islands and stop for a beer, let me know.

We'll be there for three weeks total and this is my first trip ever outside of the US (well, except for Canada but even my relatives there say that doesn't count) so I'm pretty excited! :)