Hello, it's Ina here!

Hooray! I love the blog, this will be so much fun :) Thanks for the credit, but as with all most ideas - I just stole it!

As for travel: I am flying from Dunedin via Auckland directly to San Francisco on Saturday, September 15, arrival is 12:25pm. It'll be a good trip, very few plane changes keep me happy.
Then a week with Julie & Dave, am arriving in Detroit on the same plane as them.

After what will absolutely definitely be a fantastic, outrageous, enthralling celebration, I am then flying from Detroit back to SF to connect to a flight to Auckland and Dunedin on Wednesday, October 3. I am SO excited!

Right, more work to do here ... but it's a lovely day here in Dunedin (still just the middle of winter), but if the coastal climate teaches you one thing, it is: Don't delay in enjoying the good weather, it will not stick around!

Dunedin, for those who don't know but somewhat care is the second biggest dwelling on the South Island of New Zealand. We call it the Mainland (because the mass is larger than the North Island, but then we also call people from Auckland Jafas - "just another funny Aucklander")... Julie was here to visit in 2005, but I hadn't quite made it back here yet between the transition of an intern to a PhD student. It's a pretty little spot, small town that is completely dominated by University students and staff, there are many outdoor activities nearby, lots of tramping (=hiking), vivid wildlife with the possibility to see seals, albatross, and yellow-eyes penguins just minutes away from town.
What I am trying to say is - come visit sometime!!

Photographs of Julie and me are about to follow ... what a great way to procrastinate the afternoon away ...