Wow. The time has come… My first post in re: Trip to the South. The South!

Now, that trip is actually still a few days away. The first part of my journey took me to Christchurch in New Zealand. And what a travel that was… My original flight path was Philadelphia to Dallas, to Los Angeles to Auckland and finally Christchurch. Now, we all now that this year the winter is exceptionally warm everywhere. No snow, no freeze, nothing. However, this Sat, eactly the same Sat where I leave for my greatest adventure ever, well, guess what? Ice rain over Dallas. Great, huh? So, my first flight out of Philly got cancelled. The second one made it to Dallas, but instead of continuing to LA, thay just kicked us out of the plane. Now, the next plane to LA was still fine for me, but it had a defect fan in the avionics…. Yeah, great. So after three more hour in Dallas I arrived in LA one hour to late for my NZ flight. Quickly, I was rebooked to Sydney, which was a 14h flight. Boy. Well, I shouldn’t complain, Qantas has nice food…. In Sydney, I was told that I am checked through to Christchurch, but they can’t let me fly since my ticket doesn’t allow rerouting. In other words: pay or stay. Luckily, the supervisor at the transfer desk was a bit more competent, so I did get my boarding card and had actually a quit enjoyable flight thanks to my charming seat neighbor.

Of course, that couldn’t have been just a happy end. Oh no, obviously, some casualties were to be expected. And the weakest link in air trvel is… your checked-in luggage.. Well, they found it and it should arrive tomorrow, and I did get one of their overnight kits. The one for women. With a white T-Shirt in it that has a Qantas logo. Come on, they can’t expect me to run around in a shirt that says: ” Look, I am one of those lucky bastards that lost his luggage. Guess the name of the airline…”

So, now I am checked-in to the Windsor, a beautiful little bed and breakfast in downtown Christchurch. Place is neat, the people here are very nice, the weather is warm, but not hot. I will take a shower now and then check out the town! Expect some pix soon!

All right, folks. This is your personal blog beaker, signing off for today…