We've arrived

I'm sitting at the desk in our suite at the SkyCity Hotel in Auckland. We upgraded when we arrived as that was the only way to get a room straight away. We really wanted to get a shower and a clean set of clothes after 25 hours on the plane.

The flights were fine - the food and drink was excellent, and the seats/lie flat beds were roomy. But a plane bouncing along in turbulence isn't the most restful of places so whilst we got some sleep, it wasn't a good long rest.

There's lots of fireworks going off outside, so we plan to watch some of those then go to sleep - and see how many hours we can get.