City to Sea Bridge Wellington

Auch wenn man nicht so viel von Neuseeland weiß und total un informiert ist - Wellington kennt man oder hat zumindest schon mal davon gehört. Wellington ist Neuseelands Hauptstadt und liegt im Süden der Nordinsel, direkt am Wasser. Von hier aus gehen die Fähren auf die Südinsel und es gibt hier einen großen internationalen Flughafen. Es leben hier …

... to be a top lunch spot and made my 58th cheese sandwich of the trip taste a whole lot better!   Descending back into the city centre, Kim's less than direct map-reading eventually led us to Cafe L'Affare! Oh no, you may think, Rob has been caught ...

... a bit hectic. so, we were happy to hop on a bus out of there today, and now we are in wellington, the capital of new zealand. (it's also a city that is sitting on four major fault lines... they have frequent earthquakes here and all of the buildings are ...

... to the Te Papo Museum with the girls, although we all split up once we got inside. This place is known as the 'Museum of New Zealand' and it is such a huge place that dominates the waterfront. The great thing about it is that it is interactive, and my ...

This week is fast turning out to become the week that Wellington was closed. First the City Gallery was being refitted yesterday and now the National Library Gallery was also shut down. The National Portrait Gallery did one better and moved location ...

... Lord of the Rings film where the hobbits have to get off the road, and Frodo has his first encounter with a ringwraith, cool eh! The view from the top of Mount Vic is awesome, you can see all of Wellington, and it gives an idea of how small the city ...

... springs and bubbling sulfur mud pools, and Taupo is famous for its incredible lake of the same name, which is bigger than the city country of Singapore. The funny thing about traveling the world is that you run into people in the same country a fair ...

Having spent two months touring around the South Island of New Zealand (not forgetting a few days on Stewart Island also) I'm back up north in Wellington. It's been a fun weekend catching up with friends and walking around the busy city streets ...

... around not really sure what we are looking for but figure we should eat. We eventually find Pizza Hell right at the top of the city centre and enjoy a lovely pizza each, walk back down and around the docks where we see two girls on some steps at the edge ...

... ferry crossing and then parked in a small car park along Pirie Street at the base of Mount Victoria, the hill overlooking the city. Wellington looks to be a good size with a share of taller office buildings but quite a sprawl of sub-urban dwellings up ...

... seaside town with its sunshine (at last!), palm trees and Art Deco buildings. From there we drove to Wellington which is the most cultural city in New Zealand. Because of our car troubles we had only a night there which ended up being perfect for ...