Saturday, February 21, 2015

Leaving Auckland

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What a fabulous city! We have had such a a wonderful time here and could have easily spent another week. The city is so clean and the people are so friendly. 

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We dd a city tour that was a lot of fun. We booked a tour with a local tour operator. We visited many neighborhoods that were beautiful. There are so many different wonderful areas to visit. We visited the Ponsonby area and the Parnell area. Both were very upscale with lots of restaurants and boutiques.

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Tribute to Maori settlers.

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View from Mt. Eden, a volcano that erupted 1000 years ago.

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 We found this really cool ATM. It was so colorful and fun.

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Visited another fish market. There is so much wonderful fresh fish here and we have been really fortunate to have delicious fish on the ship. DSCN0583 

Took the ferry over to Devonport just across the bay from Auckland.  What a cute little village. Lots of restaurants and shops.

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View from Mt. Victoria, another volcano which is is in Devonport.

We have just started our trip in New Zealand, we have another five ports to visit and explore.  

We sailed away at 6PM and will be in Tauranga at 6AM. Looking forward to another fun day in New Zealand. 

Jer and Helen

 

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Looks great. It has been very cold here in Wisconsin. We had a high of 1 on Thursday. I heard today on the news that this is the 4th warmest Winter on record in the US. Couldn't prove it by the temps we've had so far.