We woke up at 6am this morning, because Dale had offered to take us into the centre of Auckland so we could have a look around.
They dropped us off at about 7.45am and we headed straight to McDonalds to get some breakfast. We sat in there for about an hour and then hit the shops. We had a quick look round and then decided that we would catch a ferry over to a place called Devonport.
After going into the Tourist Information Centre we were given a map and took ourselves on a long walk around this part of the city. We were told that New Zealand was going to be really cold compared to America but we were walking round with just our t-shirts on (on top I mean - we did have jeans on too). I think it was probably just as warm as California was last week. The sun was shining and everywhere looked really peaceful so we were having a really good time.
Our walk took us to a place called North Head, which is an old volcanic formed hill, in which the army dug tunnels and caves, to to protect themselves when fighting people attacking them by sea. It was really cool, and the views from the top were amazing!
We walked along some of the beaches on Devonport, had a look in the shops and then caught the ferry back to Auckland. We had a few hours to kill before Dale picked us up again so we went and got some Sushi for our dinner and then went to buy Lloyd a birthday present as he's 2 and is having a party on Sunday. We're invited and i'm told there's food (yippee - jelly and ice cream!)
When we got back to the house Susi made us spaghetti bolognese for tea and we sat relaxing, watching TV and talking.
Yay, we're Kiwi's now!
1 comment:
Ben,nikki glad its all going well for you both ,wilksi right don't spend all your money do what your good at (wing it).don't worry about your mum shes never had so much food in the house. Gran says Hello take care unc C
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