The breath taking city of Auckland welcomed us

Hello all,
I have landed in New Zealand. We left early due to the slight snow storm that hit our coast. We dashed off Tuesday night and stayed the night with friends then booked it to the YVR in the morning. I never realized how very nice our airport truly is until I landed in LAX (Los Angeles). This air port is not just confusing but it is lacking customer service, and it claims to have restaurants past the customs check point. This blatant lie was discovered when we found the only two places that served food (ie not prepackaged goods) sold pre-made salads for $14 and pre-made sandwiches for $10, both choices were dismal. After a five hour boredom marathon we boarded our ten and half hour flight to Nadi Fiji. This flight was alright we got dinner at 10pm, breakfast at 330 am, and struggled to sleep in between. If we failed to sleep there was no lack of entertainment provided. Fiji's airport was only sightly better with actual food prepared and shops to walk through. The best part of all this journey was meeting some really neat people from all over the world.
We are settling in in Auckland now and hope to explore the city fully tomorrow. When we flew in to the country my breath was taken away by the beauty of this place. I can't believe how amazing the north island looks from above and how amazing the education system is supposed to be here too. If I don't' watch it I may loose part of my heart to this country! We plan on spending a whirlwind 2 or 3 days here in Auckland before moving on to our next destination, which is still to be determined. It is such a pleasure not plan every moment but to enjoy it. I will blog again in a while this internet cafe is not far from our hostel and if I don't blog before we leave then I am sure another internet cafe or library will be found along the way.
Love and miss you all!