I am dead sick of rain!!! England is just so gray...whats it like in Auckland now? Hot? You just dont appreciate the smells and sounds of NZ till you come to the UK, NZ smells so beautiful on a hot summer afternoon, freshly cut grass, birds and cicada's chirping.....sigh....5 mins from our apartment is a train station and then 5 miles west is a chemical plant. Manchester smells divine.