Grand Mercure Wellington, Century City Apartments

... that day.<br><br>* Civic Square was pretty, kinda made me wish I knew something, anything, about art. <br><br>* Mount Victoria was, well, a struggle. But not, apparently, for 85 year old men, who ran past us, puffing, on our way to the summit. Kiwi old men always have to do everything better. Wonderous 360 views took away some of the damaged pride.<br><br>* Cable car is odd. But cheap, so we love odd.<br><br>* Botanical gardens made me ...

Greetings &amp; Pozdrowienia (jak zwykle przewin na dol, zeby przeczytac w ojczystym jezyku)<br><br>Not much to report. Yesterday we took a trip to Mount Victoria (very close by) where there are great paramount views around the whole city. We then drove East around the coast from Oriental Bay checking out all the places along the way to as far as you can drive by the coast - Ophiro Bay ...

... breakfast though which should useful. Anyways, in the evening headed to an excellent pub called the Sprig &amp; Fern&#8230;&#8230;.im not a big pub man but this place was quality&#8230;..they brew their own beers/ales/ciders and no mainstream available. Had the mixed berry cider which was fantastic and a pint of doplebock&#8230;..8% of a mix between gusiness and lager&#8230;quality.<br> Wednesday 16th July&#8230;..early pick up for a 20 km hike along the Abel ...

... from Ben's poor sense of direction.<br><br>A quick stop at the supermarket to get supplies for the next day then we realise we're running a bit late for our Bowling booking at 8pm. The hotel bar has a meal deal on on Mondays so we think this could be a good plan and head there for dinner and then on to Bowling.<br><br>It certainly was an interesting game with many tips for Alex as it turned ...

... reasonably calm. There was no swell. This was weird. Howling gales and no sea swell! I found out later that this is normal of a northerly when it blows into town. The sea remains calm, whilst the houses have their roofs lifted. However, by mid day it had died down and I headed into town to explore and see how much the city had changed in the intervening years. Minding my own business, intend on going to a shop, Anna had taken me to on a previous ...

... stakes... but evidently not! But that finally accomplished we headed back to our site to back in and get situated for the night. Jessica walked back to the site ahead of me with the hose so that it could continue draining and not track any water inside the van (so thoughtful!) I pull up to the area of site 40 and get ready to back in. Jess is standing off to the side helping to direct me properly onto the site. Now the ...

Oh wonderful sun...  today we just went to the beach and had a lazy day.  We played catch and went swimming.  It was great.  then we had the famous Spicy Meatballs and Chris makes and played texas hold-em with match sticks... I won!!  So I get to pick something fun for us to do with my winnings :) 

Kia Ora, zunaechst ein kleiner Witz. Die Polizei hat meinen Bruder in Deutschland aufgesucht um dort ein Schreiben via Amtshilfe fuer mich von einem georgischen Gericht zu ueberreichen. Sollten sie doch glatt die Taeter gefasst haben? Ob ich vor Gericht erscheinen soll? Und zahlen sie mir den Flug? Will ich ueberhaupt noch einmal nach Georgien? (Nun ja, ist die einzige Moeglichkeit auf dem Landweg nach Armenien zu kommen ...

Day 42 Thursday 12th February - Sydney to Wellington Woke up at 5am and got showered then went down to breakfast to have the bowl of cereal that the hotel had arranged for us last night. They gave us our clingfillmed cereal bowls and a few slices of bread so we just had to get reception to get us the milk. We couldn't find any knives so just dipped our toast into jam spreads. The airport transfer bus ...

... of photos, hence why I don't have many photos on this entry, great! It was time to say goodbye, it was actually quite sad, all the time I was there Karen would call me Hoani which is my name in Maori. My initial thoughs that they were just out to rob me were totally unfounded, they had been really good to me and it was great to hang out with them and man eat so much fish in pretty much all the ways you can cook it. Its definitely an experience I ...