Walking Wellington

Well, well, well we arrived in Wellington on Wednesday (oops it was Thursday). Would’ve put on our wellies (if we had them) but did go for a walk. Went wandering Wellington trying to find somewhere to eat and stumbled on a crowd gathered down a dark alley. On inspection we found a cable car that we rode to the top and dined at the Skyline which overlooks the city (great views). Joy chose best having New Zealand seafood hotpot and Adrian ended up with slithers of raw Venison. Joy’s prawns (farmed from an inland lake) were the size of Morton Bay Bugs. We thought we ordered Sauvignon Blanc but we ended up with a nice red (these foreigners can’t understand Arstralian). This is quite amazing really because every second Kiwi seems to have a rellie in “Oz”.

Windy Wellington was how an article in a travel magazine described the NZ capital. Tonight we experienced walking on a 45 degree angle. Today we had an interesting day of exploration. We started with Te Papa the National Museum and whilst viewing the earthquake exhibit, the alarms came on and an announcement sounded “please make your way to the nearest exit”. The fire engines came to a blaring stop outside the building and we decided it was a nice time for a walk along the esplanade. When we returned the museum was still standing, it seems it was a false alarm, so we continued our tour of an excellent museum.

Later we walked the streets again and found our way to the Beehive (the executive wing on the NZ parliament). We made it just in time for the last tour of the current sitting of the house. (NZ is about to have an election). Tomorrow we catch the Interislander Ferry to the South Island.