New Zealand, even a big city like Auckland is setup as small communities or suburbs. Each suburb has a main street and hub. We've been exploring some of these areas - Takapuna, Devonport, Onehunga, Glen Eden, Birkenhead, Albany the list goes on. This is Devonport Wharf across to downtown Auckland.
We've found a nice pub that we may visit once or twice in Devonport. The Patriot comes alive on Friday nights and may require some more investigation.
Today is a typical winter day - rainy and cold. So we're going to visit the Vic, a small cinema in Devonport showing Cars 3!
Our long-time friends from Paihia, Lynda and Dave drove 3 hours to visit us the other day. It was so nice to catch up with them. It's been 14 years since seeing them in NZ. We look forward to driving up to Paihia soon to visit them again!
The kids start school on Monday. They have registration meetings scheduled at their schools in the morning with Lynn as I begin teaching maths at Onehunga HS. I'm teaching grades 9, 10 and 12 maths.
Siena plans to attend Belmont Primary and Jonah is looking forward to attending Belmont Intermediate. The schools are basically beside each other and the kids can walk 20 minutes to school together.
Next to Belmont Intermediate is a large high school called Takapuna Grammar with a student population of 1700. Lynn hopes to supply teach (relief teach) at this school since it is so convenient.
We've looked into possible activities for the kids such as climbing for Jonah and swim team for Siena but we're waiting to see how they transition to school and what activities are offered through the school and future friendships.
Yesterday in Birkenhead we found a pie bakery that we had to try. They were delicious!
All the best,
Mike
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