ICANZ Training Day
On Thursday afternoon I hopped on a plane and headed to Auckland for my course on adoption. I made sure I had a glass of wine before I left so that I was calm for the journey which was surprisingly without turbulence considering all the cloud around. I ubered to my airBnB with a lovely man who had lived in Auckland for 20 years but was originally from India. I talked about my journey of adoption and he shared about his dreams for his daughters (one who had recently survived lukemia) and his desire to move to Christchurch. On arrival to my airBnB I worked out that it was 20 minutes walk to One Tree Hill. I decided to pack my umbrella and jacket just in case and headed off for a wee adventure. Yes, it was 20 minutes walk to One Tree Hill but then you had to climb it! Luckily I bought my umbrella as it started to rain as I ascended. My jacket came in handy when I reached the top as the wind was blowing a gale. I was told the view from the top was amazing, and it