Happy New Year!

It's about an hour until those in New York ring in the New Year (shout-outs to all the friends and fam!). We're well into New Year's Day here. Julie had an AM flight, so we took it easy last night, though we had fun drinking at Matterhorn and seeing all the crazies out last night.

Sadly, it's the end of a great visit. We actually saw a lot in her 3 weeks here, confirming what I've read, namely that to see all of NZ, you would need a minimum of 5 weeks (though you could also, of course, spend all that time just hiking in Fiordland if you wanted--one of the areas missed on our trip south). But 3 weeks is plenty of time to see plenty of stuff (and we even got a couple work days in!). And you could see a lot in 2 weeks.

Okay, that's my plug for getting more visitors down here. Julie, it was great having you. This is us on Dec. 29th, on my balcony (enjoying warm weather and sun until 9:30pm right now!), just before heading out for a great meal at Boulcott Street Bistro, a great restaurant here, courtesy of Andrew and Amanda (thanks guys!).