SMC Orchestra in New Zealand!

Hello everyone

Well, here I am again. Waiting in Sydney airport because… our flight has been delayed by about 3 hours…!

Having said that, we did leave this morning at 3:30am at school – there was a buzz of excitement in the air and we were soon at Sydney airport… only to find out that our flight is now not leaving until 10:30am in stead of 7:50am.

Thankfully we checked in quickly, and we were happy to hear that most of our instruments could be carried on board because the flight’s not very full this morning.

We were also happy to hear that because of the flight delay, we all received a $15 food voucher to spend on breakfast  - which we happily did.

After a sumptious breakfast we went through customs and security and ended up at the gate, where we are now waiting for the arrival of the super large Emirates Airbus 380 – yes indeed, we travel in luxury!

The girls don’t seem to mind having to wait around for a bit because there’s plenty of… shops around here!

We won’t be arriving in NZ until about 3pm local time now – so 1pm Aussie time. Anyone who needs to reach us in an emergency can ring or sms our local mobile number which is +64 21 463 581. We will have this as soon as we have collected the phone in Auckland.

We’re looking forward to the trip, everyone’s very excited.

Talk soon,

Peter Wouters