Harbour View Homestay Bed and Breakfast Wellington

I am staying at the Claremont Studios and Apartments and am pleased to say that my run of luck/judgement on accommodation bookings has held up – this is a great location. I have an executive studio which is eight quid a night – has a huge bed, sitting area, patio looking onto the garden (through French doors), a bijou kitchenette and best of all a powerful shower. And it is a gentle 15 minute stroll to the square in ...

... whilst the Maori sax player murdered 'The Walk of Life' by Dire Straits... <br><br>After seeing some at Whakarewarewa, Millie has decided she wants a Kiwi as a pet when we get back. Jake still merely wants a rattlesnake or frogs (thanks to William).<br><br>We also had a go on the Luge in Rotorua. This entailed taking the gondola up the mountainside and then speeding down the concrete runways on what can only be described as sleds on wheels, at up to 30mph ...

... viel neues, der Immobilienmarkt ist ziemlich lau (habe allerdings fuer eine Wohnung sogar ein Angebot abgegeben, aber ein anderer Kaeufer hat die Wohnung gekauft), das Wetter ist endlich etwas besser, Juni und Juli waren ziemlich verregnet.<br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf<br><br> some links<br>http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominio n-post/news/wellington/2597861/Death-in -the-snow/<br>http://www.stuff.co.nz/do minion-post/wellington/2597886/Penguin- casualties<br>

... exit. On the ceiling were thousands of glow-worms which made the roof of the cave look like a night-sky or something. Unfortunately they didn't let us take photos but they wouldn't have come out properly anyway. Next we went to Rotorua which is built on hot springs and all around the town are hot springs, the downside is that the whole town has that sulphury rotten egg smell which is disgusting. We onyl stayed there for 1 night ...

I finished up Wednesday morning, April 1, in Napier with a jog along the beach and a whopping New Zealand breakfast - did I mention their cappuccino's are out of this world? There's something about their dairy products that make everything (including ice cream) taste better. I then boarded the noon Intercity bus to head to NZ's capital city, Wellington. I was connected by a mutual friend to an American living in Wellington, Caroline. We had emailed prior to my visit and Caroline ...

... driver by getting into the wrong cab... serves him right for turning up late!! Ended up in separate seats on the plane, but it wasn't a particularly long flight. Picked up our car at the airport - an aging Mondeo - not the best car so far... Drove straight out of Christchurch heading for Lake Tekapo and our first stop. All went well til we got there and found no ATM and therefore - no money... Coped with my $15 and plastic.. The cabin at the resort was right next to the lake which ...

... is also a half marathon being run for the first time. It's just the kind of thing I have brought my running kit halfway round the world for so I am cursing the timing. During the game I contemplate changing my plans again and staying another night to do the run. We go for drinks after the game but I leave relatively early as the bus to the ferry(I am heading to the South Island straight from Wello) leaves at 6:45am. Ironically its the worst nights sleep ...

... one built in 1899 not use for transport now, on to invercargill, then bluff which is the most southerly point to antartica only 4,000 miles &amp; stu would not take me ! it was 18,000 to london so it would have been quicker, perhaps next time, i had previously been told of a lovely little bay, to stay where we could watch the penguins, only 18k away, place called slope point, after driving 12k we came to an unsealed road there are a lot of these in n.z ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>Today was the least overcast of the days I&#8217;d been in Wellington &#8211; but not by much. So while I spent the day driving around the hills and harbour and playing in the traffic with the trolley buses, two indoor pursuits in the city centre were set to dominate the day. The first was Te Papa, the relatively new national museum. I don&#8217;t know whether it ...