Hooray! Pictures at last!!

Hooray! We got all the pics uploaded and I'll try to intersperse a few in here. They are located on facebook in their entirety, but I'll put a select few here for ya'll.

So, first off is our place!!!! We really really love it here. Aren't too thrilled about the fact that there is no real heat (apart from our fireplace/wood furnace) or insulation, thus making it really cold at night, but you can't beat our location. And dad, I did realize that New Brighton beach (which is right outside our door practically) is connected to Waimari Beach, and we can actually see Waimari. So yes, we are going/have been to Waimari beach :)

Here are a few more!!! Our bathroom and backyard:

Second is that I got a job! It's not a teaching job as I'd hoped, as in Christchurch they are hard to come by (the one drawback to our split-moment decision to relocate from Auckland), but it's a pretty cool job! I'm working at a restaurant called The Flying Burrito Brothers, a fancier Mexican restaurant in downtown Christchurch. The street is really awesome and has this old-world feel. There is even a cable car tram that goes down the middle of it!!!! There are a few other Americans that work there as well, but mostly the employees are all very nice Kiwis. It's exciting, because we haven't met a ton of people yet, but now I will meet a bunch at work. I'm quite thrilled!


Also, we went to a heavenly place today. Christchurch is nicknamed "The Garden City," and boasts one of the largest botanical gardens in the entire world! We only saw a section today, but really couldn't believe the size of it!!! There was a daffodil section, and the daffodils spanned for about a kilometer it seemed (I use that term loosely...still haven't really grown accustomed to how much a kilometer really is). But it certainly was beautiful. We had a lot of fun being tourists today! Check out the facebook album for the full photo account of our first week and a half! :)

That's about all for now! Enjoy the pictures on here and on facebook :)

Cheers,
KT (and Tim, in spirit)

(hope that's easier for you, sean)