2nd Leg of journey complete

Second leg of the journey is completed and we have a six hour wait between it and the 3rd and final leg. Auckland is awake and the sun has burned off the cloud cover that muted dawn. It is mid-autumn here and rather closer to the pole than where we are bound. Temp before dawn was in the 50's.


Okay, I've now got a new battery in and have reset my computer to time/date for this side of the world.

It is really quiet at the airport, except for the PA. This professional, almost mechanical female voice with interesting pauses common to most PA announcers, gives a play by play for nearly every flight. This time of the morning there seems to be about 4-5/hour. She starts off with "Flight #------ is now ready for departure. You must go immediately to gate #---. This is the final call. " A little later we have heard "paging the 15 remaining passengers for flight #---, you must go immediately to gate #--- . Your flight is ready for departure and all other passengers are waiting for you." Do you think they intend to lay a guilt trip on the slow pokes?! It apparently doesn't work all that well, because there are a few flights that we have head a regular count down - "the remaining 8 passengers", then "the remaining 5 passengers," then finally they name names "paging flight # -- passengers so and so, so and so, and so and so.  Please go immediately to gate #---. Your aircraft is ready to depart and all other passengers are waiting for you." I love it.

Karl just read this over and said that he heard The Voice say, "paging flight #---  remaining 5 passengers  will you please stop gossiping and go immediately to gate #---. Your flight is ready to leave and all other passengers are waiting on you." What can I say, we are easily entertained.