We arrived yesterday at 6 am in the morning, made our way through customs, bought a sim card and coffee, then headed to the YHA hostel downtown. Our room was not yet available so we headed down Queen Street, the main street of Auckland. The weather was amazing, sunny and about + 23 degrees! The Sky City tower which rises up over Auckland. Great views in 360 degrees out over the harbor, volcanic islands and old volcano cones scattered in the city.
We found the fish market and a huge sailboat which raced in the America's Cup a few years ago. My usual good sense of direction was totally put off by an interesting phenomenon...the sun moves across the northern horizon, not the south like at home. East and west are normal but I navigate by the sun so that really threw me off. The sun is still high in the sky and quite warm. This has been a very wet and cloudy summer and some good weather is most welcome. For us, any temp above zero now feels great!
Today is March 5 and we headed out to catch the Hop on- Hop off Bus that takes you to 14 prime locations in the city. We got to the Auckland Museum, Mt. Eden (an extinct cone 196 m above the city) and several shopping areas, stadiums and the harbor front. A cruise ship was in so made the sightseeing quite busy. Tomorrow we plan to head out to the harbor for a cruise of some kind. Oh yes, forgot to mention the delicious meat pies they have here...absolutely, incredibly tasty! Probably rich and fattening too!
Great stories! Keep having a good time Neil!
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