We made it
We’re in Auckland! We started off the trip with a mellow evening. Lamb kebobs for dinner with rice, salad, hummus, “chips” (fries), and felafel. We’re staying in a hostel on Fort St. tonight, which seems to be backpacker central, and we’ll be picking up the campervan tomorrow.
We walked through Auckland, mainly along Viaduct Harbour.
Viaduct Harbour
And we saw lots of cool things…
In front of NZ’s Team Vodafone sailboat that competes in America’s cup
There were a few things we noticed that our nephews Ian and Jonah would love…
- Lots of boats!
- A bridge that lifts up to a 90 degree angle every time the boats are leaving or entering the harbour (and the mechanics sound like an opera warming up while the bridge lifts).
- A really neat playground that looked like this…
You can see the Auckland Sky Tower in the background
We completed the evening watching the sunset and then walked “home.”
Auckland sunset