On the 8th, Rebekka said goodbye to everyone at the lab, then Claudius drove us back to Auckland. We checked into ACB backpackers, went to a resturant on Prince's Wharf for dinner and then went to see The Constant Gardener at the cinema, which was excellent.
On the Friday, Rebekka was flying home to Germany, so we checked out of ACB and spent the late morning and early afternoon relaxing in Auckland. With everything packed and ready to go, we got on the AirBus to the airport, but it took much longer than we expected to get there, as the rush-hour traffic came into full effect. We got to the airport with only an hour to go until the plane took off, so we rushed through check in and sprinted to the security gate where I said goodbye to Rebekka. When I go there in a few weeks, I'll be allowing a lot more time than we did, that's for sure!
