Nest Haven Bed and Breakfast Napier
2 Neeve Place Napier, North Island, 4112, New Zealand
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Here comes the sun (at last!)
... taking numerous photos we drove back to Napier and picked up a leaflet for their Art Deco Trail which we plan to do tomorrow - the centre of Napier was almost totally destroyed in an earthquake in the early 1930’s and was rebuilt in two years - most of the buildings are in the Art Deco style (which is a style of architecture I love) - so tomorrow should be full of photos! We took a few today just as a taster! ...
Napier-Eine der schönsten Art-Déco-Städte der Welt
... Konventionen befreiten Zeit. Heute gilt Napier als eine der schönsten Art-déco-Städte der Welt, mit einer für die Stilepoche seltenen homogenen Architektur.
Bei den Fotos findet ihr auch dazu welche mit einzelnen Gebäuden und verschiedenen Mustern.
Leider hat es den ganzen Tag geregnet, deswegen kann ich euch versichern, dass der Art-déco-Stil bei Sonnenschein eindeutig besser ausgesehen hätte! Ich mag den Stil trotzdem sehr ...
Napier
... which is a typical Napier building, with the traditional Art Deco finish on the front. We then went and visited a couple of wineries, Misson Estate and Church Road, taking a wine tour in the latter which was really good and further enhanced our wine education!!! Following that we set off on our way to Taupo, stopping off in one more winery called the Linden Estate Winery (Is that ok Maria??).
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New Zealand: The Land of the long white sneeze
... here, and despite the odd shower has been mostly warm and sunny since. Which is good as it is supposed to be, and is billed as the sunniest place in New Zealand.
Because most of the town was destroyed in a 7.9 earthquake and ensuing fire in 1931, current day Napier is a lovely collection of Art Deco and Spanish Mission style buildings, the style in vogue wenb the town was re built. It has long straight avenues lined with enormous trees that look ...
Making friends with police men.
... from Napier, and as it was about eight o'clock at night, there wasn't really any way of getting there. I decided to look around the ghost town of Hastings to try to find somewhere to stay for the night, but there was nothing open. I walked past the police station and decided to head in to ask where I might be able to stay. The lady behind the desk looked at me and simply told me there was nowhere that would be open. ...

