Los Angeles

Our trip started off with a quick stop in Los Angeles, which allowed us to break up our marathon travels to the other end of the world. We arrived in LA on a late night flight and crashed at a hotel right near the airport. The next day we headed over to Santa Monica for the afternoon and met up with Dan for lunch at Buddha’s Belly. It was great to catch up with Dan, as I unfortunately don’t get to see him often. After lunch, we took a walk along the beach, which was colder and foggier than I had hoped. It was soon time to head back to the hotel, pick up our suitcases, and head back to the airport. The flight to Auckland took thirteen hours, a mind-blowing amount of time to be trapped in an airplane. But we were quite thankful for Ambien… after dinner and a movie, we both passed out and slept for a good portion of the flight.