The flight, the immigration, the first contact with the family

When we took off Argentina it was all dark, it was night. After dinner I opened the window and I saw some red sky, like a beautiful sunrise or sunset. The next thing I had to do was to sleep, because that was the very beginning of all. I slept a lot and I just wanted to pick out the window, very fast, the lights were off, everybody was sleeping, so no one would notice! At that time I quickly opened the window and the biggest sun I've ever seen hit on my eyes. I close the windows even faster than I had opened it and I could not see a thing for one or two minutes, when my vision started coming back to normal! :P
Some people started standing up to walk a little inside the plane and eat something. I couldn't do anything different, so I ate something and the girl sit beside me told me there were still another 5 hours to get to Auckland!
Wow, another 5 hours!!! It's a lot. We were traveling on a sunny sky all the way now. Sometimes I could realized some ice blocks on the ocean, then I saw that we were close to South Pole. Yes, the route passes close to the South Pole.
I believe I fell asleep again and after that came breakfast and I could see some land! After so long, there it was, land! New Zealand, I believe we were close to Wellington, New Zealand's capital, in the southern North Island.
Another wow here! New Zealand from the sky is a beautiful place. I could see the roads, the mountains, even a volcano covered of snow! It's amazing! The next thing would happen was ... the landing! :)
The landing was very cool, no problems, nothing to complain. By the way, Aerolineas Argentinas is not bad at all! I picked up my bag pack to get out the plane as soon as possible. I was so surprised with the airport. There are magazines and maps for free on the halls and the free shop before the immigration room is huge and amazing.
Immigration was very easy, I just had to show the guy my passport and the letter for my English course, After one minute I was free to go and happier than ever!
At the arrival area, there were a sign with my name. Actually, it was not my name, it was 'E Eckert', but I knew it was for me! :)
A man took me right to my home stay, where I could meet my 'host mother' and her two children, Samuel and Shelby. It was Friday - 9am here in Auckland, Thursday - 4pm in Brazil. I was not so tired, but I could not do much, because I forgot to exchange my US dollars to New Zealand local currency. So, I slept ... a lot!