Auckland

We ate a delicious breakfast at the Fortuna Restaurant at our hotel. Sky Tower Hotel is a beautiful absolutely beautiful. It has local art throughout the place. http://get.in2.net/index.php? is the link for the place. We decided to take a trip on the bus to the Auckland Museum.

http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/ It is a wonderful old building dedicated to the soldiers of New Zealand. We were guided by a Maori docent into the War Memorial area of the museum. We did see some extraordinary photographs by Lee Miller. She was a war correspondent through WWII. The museum also has a excellent Maori collection. We returned to the hotel to crash for a bit. David watched the Spurs Game in the bar. Go Spurs Go. Dea Jae and I walked down to the Victoria Park Market. This is a cute shopping experience filled with local art. It is a group of buildings that share an alley like road. http://www.victoria-park-market.co.nz/index.cfm

Tomorrow we start our "Big" tour. See Ya!

I have arrived!

I'm writing this on Wednesday June 13 at 7:45 a.m. I'm writing in the future...ha ha.

I am a bit hazy about how long we were on the plane from LA to Auckland. We were figuring 22 hours but it ended up being around 12 to 13 hours. Much better results I must say. Quantas has a really nice set up. Everyone has their own video player. It can show movies, TV shows, music and computer games. We were served two hot meals and snacks in between. I actually ate off a metal fork and spoon. The knives were plastic.

I tried to stay awake as long as possible. I didn't really sleep. I watched "Zodiac", a documentary about Australia and tried to play solitaire. I read when I wasn't dozing. I'm feeling a bit "hung over" from the lack of sleep. I'm looking forward to coffee and lots of it. I'll post again once I've got an impression of Auckland. Hopefully I'll have pictures too.

Math and Science Question

I leave Los Angeles, California at 21:05 on June 11 and arrive in Auckland, New Zealand at 4:45 on Wednesday June 13. Here are my questions: What time am I leaving in US time. How long am I actually on the plane? Am I traveling through time? What is happening to cause the time change?