Quarantining in New Zealand

Day 1 of 14 down and just 13 more days to go haha. 

So the long awaited post is now here haha. We've spent one day in quarantine and so far so good! It was crazy hopping off the plane and things we're not like they usually are. So we we're first greeted by a medical team of sorts who had some questions to ask us regarding covid and then they took our temperature. We then went through customs like we normally do. We got our bags and instead of going out the doors and being welcomed by family, the first person we see is a cop who is guiding us out of the building, outside to where we have a shuttle that takes us to our hotel where we'll be quarantined for the next two weeks. The gentlemen at the shuttle lets us know that we will be staying at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland City. 

The outside of the hotel

The drive was really nice. It was about 6 in the morning and the lights were so pretty as we drove through the city of Auckland. When we checked in it was super busy. We went the the desks and first had the people who would assign us our room. Then, the air force and army got some of our information and we checked in with them. Next, was the nurses check in to give them our medical details just so that they knew us and to see if they would need to help us in any way over this period of time. Last stop was some of the hotel workers to go over some general rules and things of the hotel, like food, cleaning, etc. 

The room is a pretty nice space. It has all the things a normal hotel room has. We have a bathroom, two beds for mum and I, a TV, a desk, and luckily a window where we can get some fresh air and look out to see humanity hahaha. 

The view from our window

We showered and just relaxed and breakfast was delivered!! Whats cool is that we get a menu before hand that has three meals listed for each day. So, bfast, lunch, and dinner. We get three options for breakfast for example and you get to choose which one you want for the day. So mum had the savory option for breakfast and I had the more sweet choice. 

 

Breakfast always comes with juice, a fruit bowl, hot chocolate if we want, and pastries. So, so good! When we were done with breakfast, we went on a walk to have a look at the area we are allowed to walk around. They have just one section that includes a gym and a huge patio to get some fresh air when needed. It has the prettiest views and we were lucky that it was such a nice day. 

The pretties views 

Heres lunch and dinner for our first day. Lunch was a beef stew with veggies and dinner was steak, egg, and chips. What's funny is that we forgot what we signed up for each day, because there was too many different options that each delivery is a fun surprise hahaha. 

It's only the first day and we're totally stuffed hahaha. We do feel really blessed though to have these good meals, good accommodation, and kind staff to have these next couple weeks. First update of many haha. 

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