Married!

A quick summary of the last two months: The marina said all boats are fine after the cyclone, so that's good. I'm still waiting for my residence visa, which will allow me to import the boat tax-free. Unfortunately Immigration NZ said they're overworked and it can take until October to process my visa (huh?!), so it looks like the boat will have to stay in Fiji for a little longer. Liz and I are going to Fiji next month to check on Gudrun and bring a few things down to Auckland.

Christmas came, and with it a lot of friends and family. They arrived early for our wedding which happened on January 5th on Waiheke Island, a 30min ferry ride east of Auckland. Yay! . All went well, here is proof:


The ceremony


All the wedding guests


I'm dancing a Schuhplattler for my wife.


The sun setting over Auckland and Mt. Rangitoto.


Thanks guysfor all the good wishes!

Well, there is also a short (10min) movie, shot by Marius and edited by me.

For a few weeks after the wedding we had guests in our home in central Auckland, and I travelled with my family a bit across the north and south island while Liz stayed in Auckland with her family.

It was wonderful to have friends from all over the world around for the wedding, but having guests for six weeks straight and making sure everybody is having a good time was also very tiring. It took us two weeks to recover and we're still busy following up on things that we had to let lie (like lots of emails and greeting cards and some administrative stuff).

Other then that we've settled into a routine here and don't miss life on the boat. Liz is writing on her book and doing some UX consulting on the side. I'm writing computer games and continue my diving training (TRIMIX at the moment).