Checked out of of room at the YHA this morning and then migrated directly to the computer area. Surfed the web for a bit while making/eating lunch consisting of the pasta leftover from Dunedin. Then came game time. 98th Grey Cup, streaming live to our computer via a pirated feed for the low, low price of free (plus $4/hour for internet). What an exciting game, right up until the heartbreaking interception in the 4th quarter. Was it worth moving flights and spending loads of money to watch the game? Absolutely. It would, however, have been nice if the Riders came out victorious.
After a bit of head shaking, we gathered our belongings and took a shuttle to the airport, driven by a funny, mildly racist old guy. Did the whole airport check-in/security dog and pony show and off we were to Auckland on a Jetstar plane. Now I've been on some tiny little Westjet planes before, but this took the cake. Between my knees and the seat in front of me there was at best 1 cm of space, which was eliminated when the guy in front of me reclined his seat. The seats are built short, so my shoulders were pushed forward by the curved headrest that they lined up with. The seat width squished me in and I was nearly spilling over the sides of the armrest. And I'm a skinny dude. Imagine what someone 200 pounds+ would feel like in those seats. Luckily it was only like an hour and a half between Christchurch and Auckland, so soon enough we were back on the ground and able to move again outside the plane. We grabbed our bags and enjoyed a delicious McDonald's meal then walked the 15 minutes (outside) over to the International terminal (weird that they're separated like that, no?). Selected a dark lounge area that overlooked the tarmac and watched some planes come in and be unloaded and reloaded by a pack of grounds crew that was quite impressive. Now we get to camp out and hopefully catch a little shut-eye here until we check-in for our next flight tomorrow at 7 AM.
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