3 DAYS BEFORE

My New Years Countdown

29.12.2016

3 days before New Years

Day 1: Trip to Auckland

On Thursday the 29th of December my sister Tiaan and I woke up at 6:30 am. We had really quick showers and then we packed our suitcases into our car and left. I was still tired and half asleep. My mum, my sister and I were heading to Auckland.We picked up my Dad first so that he could drop all of us off.  First we dropped of our Mum at the Wellington Airport at 7:20 am and said our goodbyes. Then our Dad dropped us off at the bus stop outside of the train station. It was quite a wait for the bus so we paid for a parking ticket and went into McDonald's for breakfast. Luckily the bus stop was right outside Maccas. I ordered a BLT Bagel and my sister had a Cheese Toastie and water. Breakfast was so yum.

Our cool Double-decker bus!

 We were only waiting for the Double-Decker bus for a few minutes after eating when the bus came. The bus driver had to pack everyone's suitcases into this little storage room for the bags. Since Auckland was the last stop on the bus trip so the man packed our suitcases first. After we said goodbye to dad, I sprinted to the top level, ran to the front and sat down in the window seat. When everyone was seated we were off. Once we had started driving I began my timer on my phone. I did that because I wanted to see how long it would take for us to reach Auckland.

The whole time we were travelling my sister and I slept, listened to music, played on our phones and made a video of the bus ride. The seats could tilt back so I was really comfortable. After a long drive we stopped in Turangi for a lunch break. It was a 40 minute lunch break so Tiaan and I went to a Bakery nearby. I'm pretty sure that most of the people the bus was at the same Bakery that we were at. We bought heaps of sandwiches, quiche, hot chips and pizza slices to last us the rest of the trip. After our lunch break everyone got back on the bus and then we left. It was only once we got on again that I realised that there was a toilet on the bus. I had been holding on for 5 hours to go to the toilet before lunch.

Me and the view

It was another few loooooong hours on the road but finally we made it to Auckland. When we got to the 2nd to last stop in Manukau I looked outside at one of the malls and there was a bottle on the roof as if someone flipped it.

Once we had gotten to our last stop I stopped my phone's timer. And WOW it took us 11 hours and 30 minutes to get to auckland. We hopped off and grabbed our luggage. Then a few minutes later our Aunty Jax came to pick us up. After we got in the car we went to Auckland Hospital to see our other Aunty Salina. When we got to the Hospital we saw our mum waiting outside. 

Some cool as photo from our trip

It was 8:20 at night when we where at the Hospital. After going inside we saw our uncles (Uncle Dante who is my mums brother and his partner Uncle Rob) that we have never met before. It was really nice. Then we saw our Aunty Salina we were talking to her for a while about going back the next day. So then we left and we went to KFC for dinner. When we chose our drinks we got sprite zero. It tasted like grass. Then we went to Aunty Jax's house and then we hopped into bed and just crashed asleep. 

I was so tired! It was a long day!

Thanks for reading :)