Well, we finally have a date of departure for New Zealand! $3500 later we have 2 tickets to Christchurch leaving on August 14th! So we have both turned in our two weeks notice to our jobs and are beginning to pack the apartment up (doesn't take long to pack 700 square feet). We hope to keep our friends and family updated through this blog with pictures and stories of all our adventures. We would like to extend an invitation to everyone who has a lot of free time and money to come visit us within the next year!