We've arrived

Well, it took more than 24 hours, but we got here with no issues.  All people and bags arrived intact.  We came on American Airlines, and it was a good flight.  On time and the best onboard entertainment system I've ever experienced.  We paid for the extra legroom and it was worth every penny.  Having said that, the next time we have to take a flight of this length, it will be in whatever class has those sleeper "pods". 

We just walked around the Auckland downtown and harbour area today.  The downtown has a lot of cool art deco buildings and the marina is packed with many incredible super yachts.  Like this one.  And this one, which was purchased a few years back for 45,000,000 USD.  They were docked next to each other.  There were several more.

No photos today, but likely tomorrow.  We're understandably bagged and will be hitting the hay early tonight.

An interesting aside - on the plane our friends were sitting next to a professional card player who travels all over the world playing cards.  He's sponsored and has qualified for the world championships.  You may be thinking that's not so interesting - there are thousands of professional poker players.  But I didn't say he played poker.  This guy is a professional Pokemon card player.