[Various spots in South Africa] Wow, the big adventure came to an end when we touched down in Durban after a ridiculous number of hours from Christchurch.  It’s been good to catch up with family and friends while we’ve been in SA (all over SA… Joburg, Durbs and Cape Town).  Must say it’s been hard to be in one place for so long and we have definitely been having travel withdrawal.

The big news is that although our big trip is finished, we will shortly be starting a new one. We are moving to New Zealand! We absolutely loved what we saw there when we visited. Found a fantastic company to work for that has offered me a job.  The interesting bit is that it’s in Christchurch. The earthquake hit about a week after we arrived in SA, but fortunately the office is still standing, and it has not deterred us. So we will be off at the end of this month to start a new life in Kiwi land.

We have been spending a lot of time sorting and organising things while we are here in SA. Sims been to the UK and back already to pack up all our bits and ship them to NZ. Thanks J&S for storing all our stuff. We’ve also been organising police clearance certificates and a bunch of other bits and pieces that have accumulated since we were last here.

I’ve even managed to get a spot of DIY in and finally painted the last room in my mom’s house (I started the first room when she moved in 7 years ago) and got rid of a lot of paperwork that was cluttering up my mom’s cupboards (there was files and files of it). Whew, we have been quite busy.

We are both excited and nervous to be moving to NZ, but can’t wait. Bring it on !