During my second week at work I attended a conference in Queenstown. It is an amazing place; the town sits on the edge of a lake surrounded by mountains and is very beautiful. We arrived on the Monday afternoon and I went for a run/walk up a hill with a colleague, which gave us a good view of the lake.
The conference, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday, was good and it was useful to meet lots of peope so early on. On the Wednesday and Thursday mornings a group of us went running before the talks started. I found running there much more comfortable than in Auckland. Although it still got very hot during the day, the overnight and early morning temperatures were much cooler.
After the conference finished on the Thursday we had time to go up in a gondola to get a good view of the area.
One of the things I found strange was the lack of security at the airports for domestic travel. Nobody checked my passport and there was no rush to get through security (some flights didn’t even have security).
After getting back to Auckland I had the weekend to get the house ready for us to live in (Gemma was arriving on the Monday). I had to move my stuff from the hotel I had been staying in across the city to the house using public transport, which took two journeys. The bed got delivered on the Saturday and was easy enough to put together (although there were quite a few screws left when I’d finished). I also bought folding chairs and cutlery, etc. for us to use until our container arrives.
