Mercure Wellington

... tour up to Auckland next week! Other than that we’re trying to see as much as possible of the area here around Wellington – doing day trips, activities, little hikes and walks.. Well and then I have my task as “shore crew”: doing ...

... ;  We found a lovely stop for our packed lunch at Doriee Leslie Park at Lyall Bay which looked across to the Wellington skylight and we were able to watch the planes taking off from the airport – another good painting opportunity for ...

... the port and headed back to the Hotel for a decent night's sleep. The next day we went to a lookout above Wellington and patted each other on the back for the joint decision not to walk up the hill. We continued onto the ...

Having booked two nights at the Mercure Hotel in Wellington on a weekend saver rate, we then discovered that the Magic bus rather inconveniently would not be running a service from Wellington on the Monday therefore leaving us stranded in New Zealand's ...

We took the InterIslander ferry from Picton to Wellington this morning.  The three hour ferry ride took us through the Marlborough Sound from Picton and across the Cook Strait to reach one of the windiest locations in New Zealand, Wellington. The ...

As we headed out onto the streets of Wellington today, it soon became apparent that the majority of places were closed for the morning due to Anzac day which meant that the majority of this city appeared to be something of a ghost town. On the point of ...

... was 45 minutes, hardly time to get comfortable or in my case think of how many different ways this plane can crash. Once in Wellington, we boarded another shuttle bus that whisked us off to our hotel situated just on the periphery of the city.  Once ...

Just a quick post about Wellington as there is so much to catch up on from our trip from Wellington to the South Island that Wellington isn't really news worth.  I am sure the city is great but unfortuantely almost as soon as we got there the cloud ...

... to Viv (& Den) on her white water rafting efforts. We're suitably impressed! Pozdrowienia z antypodow! Juz jestesmy w Wellington ponad tydzien, wiec przyszla pora na krotkie sprawozdanie.. Otoz - wciaz zadne z nas nie ma pracy, ale przynajmniej ...

... sobie sprawe ze zimowych opon lub lancuchow nie mamy. Na szczescie jak wyjechalismy z gor znow bylo znosnie... No wlasnie - Wellington moze jedynie byc znosne w porownaniu do Auckland. Wreszcie moglem tu ubrac zabrane z Polski zimowe ciuchy - bo bez ...

... a real bloke who's done an ordinary thing extraordinarily well for a very long time. Molly Malone's is a pub in central Wellington. It's a typical Irish theme pub of no vintage or exceptional merit except one. It likes to reward loyalty. The board to ...

Back in Wellington now and staying at the same hotel as before. Hold your breath, cynical Brits...... my camera was waiting here for me! Not only that, but so was my flag! The nice people at Waikato Stadium had sent it ahead for me. I've given the Maid ...

... city for a while before catching the tram up to the botanic gardens with great views over the city.. they dont call it windy wellington for nothing...the day we were there it was nearly blowing us off our feet...and very cloudy..this is the first spell ...

... with the sun, well rain actually but I was setting a scene.., ate a hearty breakfast, packed up the goats and drove south to Wellington. A couple of hours later we arrive, found a park and headed out on foot to explore the wonders of the city. Yes, there ...

... this space while the rugby world cup is on. Fortunately we had our phone and after a quick search got a great deal with Mercure for two nights, we couldn't fit in the underground carpark so they let us park right outside the front entrance for our entire ...

Hallo zusammen, von meiner Seite der Erde wünsch ich euch Nachzüglern (zeitlich gesehen) schöne Feiertage und ein besinnliches Fest. Wir waren noch kurz vor Weihnachten, also vom 22. - 23.12. in der Hauptstadt Neuseelands. Ist zwar nicht die größte ...

A big special thank you goes to everyone who kindly donated to our travel fund, New Zealand is one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. It's highly recommended! We've done lots of wonderful things here which we'll break down as we travel ...

oh dear...what a day..having to say goodbye to the kids before school...then james and jules took us to the bus stop and waited till the bus arrived...there were a few tears  and realisation that they dont live in england and it might be a couple of ...