WELLINGTON

February 1:
We made it to Wellington just in time for one of the finest summer weeks of weather they’ve had this year. No photos to post as we were extremely busy looking for an apartment in Wellington. We stayed with our Rotary host family, Greg Thomas and Jacquie Wilson, who were a tremendous help orientating us to the city and pointing us in the right direction in our home hunting (Thank you Greg and Jacquie!!). It turns out that Wellington has a lot more demand for rental properties than supply. We looked all over town for three days straight; by the fourth day we finally signed up with a great flat right next to the University of Victoria. This leaves Angie a thirty-second school commute and if Jim has work in the city, it’s just a 10-minute walk.

Our move-in date is February 10th and we’ll report more on Wellington then. For now, we have a week to see some of the South Island. More to come..