After saying goodbye to our parents on thursday morning a collective sigh of relief was heard - we were free at last. The check-in at Heathrow was surprisingly painless and soon we were on course to New Zealand. After almost 8 hours the 'on flight entertainment' was starting to become slightly monotonous and ,personally, I just couldn't bring myself to watch another episode of Faulty Towers...
After stopping off in LA for a fairly uneventful hour and a half we took off once more into the inky black skys, the home straight. A new feverish light of anticipation shone brightly in the Trebles' eyes as they ploughed their way through a plate of 'Pasta and a Beef sauce'.
As the sun rose in the skys, the light fell on an excited choir, with varying amounts of sleep, just 2 hours to go! Many false alarms sounded as people claimed to catch sight of Kiwi Country, before relising it was just a cloud.
The weather upon arrival was fairly dissapointing - grey skys and rain, but it soon lightened up. After a lunch stop we drove to Mount Eden where we had some truly breathtking views of Auckland from the rim of an Extinct Volcano. After that we arrived at the Formule 1 hotel, changed into something a little more clean and walked to the Skytower. The Skytower was amazing, with its glass floors, bungee jumping experiances and resturants. After a chinese (eat as much as you like - so full marks there!) we returned to our hotel for some much needed sleep - the jet-lag was certainly starting to catch up with us!
The next morning we woke bright and early, downed a quick continental breakfast and got on the coach to Holy Trinity Cathedral to take part in the Eucharist. During the long sermon we had ample time to admire what was a very beautiful church. They certainly did a much better job of building Guilford Cathedral than the original one! After enjoying nibbles (egg and ham sandwiches, tea, biscuits and cakes) we breifly visited Lynn TSB before going for lunch independent. Then it was back to the hotel for some free time (which is now). Later on we're participating in the evensong at Saint Marys. So far the tour has been brilliant, I've enjoyed every minute...
By Jack Hawkins, Year 8 .
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The Wong family really enjoyed reading the blogs today Sunday 15th February.Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you! Have you bumped into jeremy clarkson yet? "Top Gear stars Clarkson and Richard Hammond were forced to make an emergency landing when a SEAGULL got stuck in their helicopter's blades. Just 30 seconds into a flight over Auckland, New Zealand, and 400ft up, the bird struck..." (the bird died but the passengers all ok). They too are touring New Zealand with the live stage-show version of Top Gear. Perhaps they will come and hear you sing! Have fun guys - lots of love from all the Rushtons xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, great to hear what you are all up to ... keep the news coming ... Hi Henry xx
ReplyDeleteBrilliant update, Jack. Assume jet lag caused briefly disappointing skies. Keep up the homework, tourmeister. Have a great time and keep sending those updates, all the very best, tell Lidbetter to send a postcard.
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