Aimee and Chris in NZ

So we're back!
NZ is just the same as we left it, but with a few changes.
Lambton Quay looks to have been under constant improvement, especially with the images of dead bodies on the street to encourage people to look BOTH WAYS before crossing the road.

I have had this fear for a while that i'm going to get run over here. After forcing myself to look left - right - left while in Canada, going back to right - left - right has been harder then I thought.
Still, switching back to driving correctly has been easy.

At the request of Precious, Kristen and Jaena, no more posts about the weather.
So now i'm going to do book reviews:

The current book i'm reading is called 'The Ruins', which is also a movie about to come out on the big screen soon. It gets off to a slow start, but it's actually getting pretty good now that people are starting to die.
The premise is of some kids who are in Cancun Mexico - instead of spending the whole time relaxing on the beach they one day decide to visit some ruins.
They then get stuck in the ruins and face their deaths in new and exciting ways.
Scared yet?

Me neither. But it's still a good read, and I've got 3 more books from the geniuses that host the BBC motoring show Top Gear to read before I go back to Toronto.

Two more weeks in this lovely country we call home and I need your help faithful reader.
Aimee has been rather slack in posting to this blog. She did a couple of posts when we were in San Francisco nine months ago, but hasn't written anymore.
I need lots of people to comment, asking, pleading, begging for her to write some more.
If you don't, i'm going to talk about the weather some more... now where did I put that book on tidal currents?

Airports

Toronto airport is actually quite nice.
We had only seen the arrival side, so sitting in the departure lounge i'm plugged into the free wireless internet and free power plugs so i'm happy.

There's an hour until we board our flight, it's going to be technically 48 hours until we get to see Wellington shores.
See, we leave Toronto at 8pm, Saturday, and arrive in Wellington 9pm Monday.
Then coming back, we arrive at the same time we left. No fair. We lose two days going home but only gain one on the way back.
Who can I sue for this lost day?

Aimee and I were talking before, and we have decided that along with the inflight entertainment package that you get from your seat, there should be an inflight exercise program.
I'm thinking some pedals or a treadmill under the seats that you can use while you watch the inflight movie.
They could even go so far as to use the energy you're creating in your workout to put power back into the plane in much the same way as some Gyms do with their exercise equipment.
I'm thinking of a readout above you of your original ticket price, and as you exercise the price goes down so you get a nice little bonus as you step off the plane.

We're just worried that the airlines will actually come to rely on the passengers to supply energy that they will make it mandatory to do a few km's or we start losing altitude!

Something to ponder as we sit for the next few hours trying to block out the noise of the engines.