Super Bowl Monday

Excerpt from an email to my mom:

Well, we're heading to sleep somewhere a bit more peaceful tonight. We're both really excited. We won't miss the kitchen at our former hostel, which was home to cockroaches and quite a few flies. Yuck. I bet you love the thought of that huh? The kitchen also had this really loud fan that disturbed any attempt at conversation. I don't have great ears anyway, so the fan particularly bothered me.

The place we found to park ended up being a great deal! For two whole days, totally safe, very close, in downtown Auckland: only 10 bucks. Wow. We haven't yet ventured out to the left side of the road today, but later we'll head to a little place called Tekapune (I think) to look for somewhere to camp. Don't worry, we'll be smart and safe.

Super Bowl Monday is coming up. Yep, it's on Monday for us! I think we're gonna try to catch it at a bar, since we'll still be near Auckland. We have to stick around until Monday to run a couple of errands, so it will work out.

Today we bought a duvet and duvet cover, because Betsy wanted to make sure we slept like civilized people - even if we do sleep in the car. We bought it at a pretty good price, at a store called The Warehouse. We also bought some sweets, perhaps more than our budget should allow! Oh well, we've got to keep our tummies happy!

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New Zealand is very practical is some nifty little ways. For example, when parking in a parking garage, you may tear off a little slip, smaller than but similar to a post-it note, near the elvator that has your parking spot's level/location on it. Just a little slip, but so helpful! I'll see if I can remember to note other examples as our travels continue.